Any cooks here?

I tried to replace an old instant read thermometer with a more modern unit that was wireless, and whose thermocouple you could leave in the food, while the signal was sent to the receiver. It got 4 stars on Amazon, so I felt pretty ok, and it worked great!! For 6 minutes. Then it said my tenderloin was 475 degrees, which is funny cause I could hold the probe in my hand (meat was like 80). I really like the wireless feature, my last one folded, which meant I'd have to hold my hand over the burner of the grill to get a read, but it worked!any foodies here have a recommendation?

Yes, I know the tip is the sensor, so I'm not holding the thing right, but the shaft would still be too hot to hold if that temp were right.

You need to be really careful with the leader wire to be sure it isn't over a hot spot (too close to coals on a grill, near heat source on an oven, etc.)

I've burned out several of these until I figured this out ... when using in my oven I am careful to feed the line up the middle top of the door to ensure I'm not near the left/right gas heating area. On the grill I try to position similarly. Once I got the positioning figured out I have had good luck.

I have this one, works fine: https://product.weber.com/igrill/

cvanc said:

I have this one, works fine: https://product.weber.com/igrill/

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I have the same one, just under the iDevices name who originally produced it. It's the only remote-read thermometer that I've owned that has lasted more than a few months. I've had mine for almost two years and it's still working fine. It also is much easier to use than other thermometers since you can look up temperatures for different foods using the app.

In addition, you should also have an instant read thermometer. The digital ones that have a probe that folds out are nice.

-- Roger

I have the Maverick ET-733 that I use for smoking and whatnot. It's been pretty great for the last 2+ years. Having both chamber and food temp with alarms is great for my stick burner and overnight cooks. I have had to replace the probes a couple times, but it sounds like one of them was fine, but there was moisture in the sensor. I was told that putting it a 300 degree oven for ~10 minutes might help get the moisture out.

I have been very happy with it though.

jadebox said:

I have the same one, just under the iDevices name who originally produced it. It's the only remote-read thermometer that I've owned that has lasted more than a few months. I've had mine for almost two years and it's still working fine. It also is much easier to use than other thermometers since you can look up temperatures for different foods using the app.

In addition, you should also have an instant read thermometer. The digital ones that have a probe that folds out are nice.

-- Roger

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Agreed, Roger- this was a replacement for one of the fold-out instant read thermometers, and you're absolutely right, it doesn't "replace" it so much as augment it (if it worked). I returned the unit and am going to pick up one of these: https://www.thermoworks.com/Thermapen-Mk4
May consider the iDevice type thing at a later date (thanksgiving, it would be very useful to have a multi-channel!)

soopirV said:

Agreed, Roger- this was a replacement for one of the fold-out instant read thermometers, and you're absolutely right, it doesn't "replace" it so much as augment it (if it worked). I returned the unit and am going to pick up one of these: https://www.thermoworks.com/Thermapen-Mk4
May consider the iDevice type thing at a later date (thanksgiving, it would be very useful to have a multi-channel!)

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Couldn't recommend the Thermapen enough. I have the old version and love it. They are always having sales on older versions or discontinued colors.

Our Sam's Club has the iGrill2 thermometers on sale for $40 with two extra (four total) probes.

-- Roger