I bought the wireless MEATER and it didn't work. It kept losing it's bluetooth connection.
Looking for something reliable to use to smoke food on my Weber Kettle.

Thx and Gig'em!

Anything from thermoworks

ThermoWorks Signals FTW.

I use a fire board that has been fantastic but anything thermoworks is awesome. I generally use only when smoking a large cut and I am going to be out running errands or have multiple large cuts on the smoker. If at the house I just use my thermopen to gauge temp right before I wrap and then one more stab before I pull.

At the end of the day, you can't go wrong with either brand. I won't buy anything wireless until they improve their connection distance and quality.

Just heard about this one

https://combustion.inc/products/predictive-thermometer-and-display?

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Thermoworks is good and popular but I love the new fireboard spark. It's blue tooth and Wi-Fi and made really well. I recently used it to monitor a long brisket hold in the oven and continued to monitor on the way to the tailgate before the lsu game. It's basically an instant read that you can add a probe to. So it does everything an instant read and a Meater+ does. And it logs everything on the fireboard app. I have a Yoder and it displays my Yoder temps on it as well. Super cool.



Disclaimer - we sell them at my store, Creekstone Outdoor Living.

Yea I had bad luck with that Meater one as well - poor quality / unreliable, imho

Thermo Pro

I've had this one for probably 3 or 4 years now. Does exactly what I need it to do. I don't need wifi and phone apps though like some must have.

I do love the thermo products, but I got this guy on sale (usually on sale for around $50) and it has been bullet proof. Gets wifi signal all around my deck. Has a strong magnet back so i can stick it to any of my cookers. I normally just use 2 probes, but it can go to 4. It works in the rain and cold. The battery life is amazing, 3 to 4 8 hours cooks on a charge, and if it slows I can just plug it into a portable battery. The app while a little clunky is great. And since it is wifi, you can leave your house and still check on temps through the app. My BIL paid $99 for his and has no regrets.

I have the Meater+ and have been pretty happy with it. Have to leave the little wooden box close by as a signal booster or whatever but then the signal reaches pretty far at my house.

I have a couple the Meater+ for just temp and the BGE temp probe with fan control. What always amazes me on LONG cooks is the initial divergence of the temps from the two devices in the early stages. As the cook progress, usually 2 to 4 hours in, the temps do a better job of converging, never exactly the same, but close.

One thing I just read (learned) that years of experience confirm but never really clicked, is that on long cooks or even the shorter ones with higher heats, the metal probe will conduct heat into the meat and change the temp at/near the probe. This results in a higher than actual temperature than is present throughout the meat. I will be a little more careful to use an instant read to confirm total temp distribution in the future!

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I've had my Flameboss 300 now for about five years. I've been pleased with it and would recommend it to someone looking for a meat therm.

Thermoworks Signals is top of the class no doubt but runs about $240

I got an InkBird with wifi for about $75. They're on sale now for about $52 on Amazon. I've used it a grand total of once, but it did great. Connected to wifi, so I never lost signal. I got some good graphs as well

ThermoWorks has sales all the time, if you are patient you can get a good deal on the signals.

Signals are currently 20% off at ThermoWorks.

I have a maverick that works well for the price. Multiple probes with alerts. I use thermopen for precision, but maverick is sufficient for probe in smoker and meat.

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I love mine, except for battery life. I also have a cheapo Amazon special that runs off of AAA batteries that I bought when I first got my own smoker. It would go through countless cooks before needing the batteries changed.

I got a Weber for Christmas a couple of years ago. It connects to the wi-fi and I can track temps even when away from the house through internet / phone app.

Worked fine for me so far.

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Fireboard plus a themoworks instant read