Sorry, but the ambient temperature on the MEATER is simply not accurate - at all. Mine is 100 degrees F low. That’s just not something you can explain away with “microclimates”. This drastically impacts cook time estimation effectiveness among other things. This is something MEATER engineers need to seriously look at in future offerings.
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@MEATER same with mine. I'm using the Meater 2 Plus right now for the very first time. My cooker is set to 250°. The ambient temp sensor says it's currently 158°, which is simply not the case
Haven’t been able to get my charcoal smoker to work with this device, after buying it specifically for that purpose. It reads 140-160, when other thermometers read over 200 ambient. They say it’s a more accurate measurement, but if I can’t follow a recipe that calls for 215 degrees in my smoker without scorching my meat before reaching 215 in the MEATER app, it’s not accurate. If everyone uses regular thermometers to write recipes and talk about food, then the MEATER thermometer is the one that’s inaccurate. Even if it scientifically measures the microclimate next to the meat, that’s not a useful measurement to have for a home cook. I’d just like the ambient temperature measurement everyone else has.
I have a possible theory, might just be a hair brain idea too. Moisture leaving the meat through the cooking process and turning to vapour takes energy to do so called ‘the exchange of latent energy’ the energy in this case is heat. Could the ambient probe be sitting in the a zone around the meat where all the heat exchange is happening and giving varied information.
This is excellent - I've bookmarked it to copy and past on the Meater Meet 'n Greet group when required because there are numerous always people asking why the ambient on the Meater is different to the dome or smoker temperature gauge.
people still using dome temp just don't understand the hot air running true the grill... since i bought my first bbq thermometer (wired) i never used the dome temp again. This weekend going to use the meater for the first time!
This is great. But the meater will give a warnings if you put it in an oven by itself. So, we need a Bluetooth product that can measure the overall oven/smoker/ grill temperature, not the ambient temperature. The ambient temperature grows throughout the cook. We need to measure the stable atmospheric temperature inside the cooking vessel. I want to make sure my smoker stays at 225. The ambient temperature doesn't tell me that. I have no benchmark for evaluating the ambient temperature. In short, we need a hanging oven thermometer with Bluetooth that connects to the Meater app.
I've been trying to figure out the vast variance between my oven temp and ambient temp. My oven is currently set to 350 degrees, the separate grill thermometer I own that I put inside the oven on the same rack as my meat has it at about 340, but the ambient reading from the Meater probe has me at 220. I feel like a 120 degree difference is a bit much to blame on "microclimates" and that's something Meater made up to explain the inaccuracy (seriously, I can't find mention of "microclimates" when it comes to cooking anywhere other than this video.)
This is right and a problem. The MEATER ambient reading is about 100° less than the oven or smoker temperature. This renders the ambient reading almost useless. If I was to adjust my smoker so that the MEATER ambient temp is the recommended cook temp, then first I would get zero smoke (pellet grill), and second, everything would cook at too high a temp and ruin it. All recipes have that discrepancy built in. The MEATER probe would have to be about 12 inches long so that the ceramic part is not influenced by being too near the meat.
I also wonder if the fact that the ambient sensor is attached to the probe, then perhaps the conductive nature of the probe material means that the cooler meat temp inside reaches the ambient sensor.
@@diedericho Why use ambient temp at all if I have to compensate for it? I'll just trust my manual oven thermometer. My frustration is that I purchased a product that is not accurate.
This is all well and good except when you place other devices in the stove to measure the temperature and the meater probe is still way off. I just had a cook where the time kept increasing even though temp was going up inside and outside the meat. I think I have a defective probe and I’ve reached out to support and to have it replaced. Hopefully they do the right thing or I will not be recommending this product for anyone as a holiday gift
The Ambient temperature on mine reads 60-70 degree low. I place 3 other meat probes in the same general area of my smoker, and they all read within +\- 10 degrees of each other…. ALL EXCEPT THE MEATER PROBE. Which reads way lower. Very frustrating. I expected more from this device
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The ambient temperature on Meater fails quickly and reads too low. Many complain of this. I have tested with other thermometers and it’s around 30 degrees off now on mine. Internal one still works, but not great.
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@@MEATER I have done at the weekend and still awaiting a substantive reply. So far all I have heard from is a customer happiness bot, I replied to that and 5 days later I am still waiting. I’m about to do a review on my RUclips.
Hello Rick! If you're referring to the ambient sensor being closer to the meat than compared to if it was a little further, then it should be because the meat will likely be cooler than the environment it's in.
This is simply silly. No way there is a 100 degrees of difference between this and my thermoworks smoke ambient sensor placed 1 inch apart for it to be blamed on "microclimate". It is simply put, wrong and should be removed from advertising as an ambient sensor
Hi there! If you feel that your probe is faulty, please feel free to reach out to our customer support team at support.meater.com/helper so they can look further into it!
Don’t trust your kitchen oven thermometer mine is 30 degrees Celsius hotter than what the dial is set at, when I said it to my brother he said his oven smokes when cooking and things burn quickly if he doesn’t keep an eye on it, I gave him my thermometers to check it and result 25 degrees Celsius hotter than what the dial set at.
Sadly when I set my wired temp meter right next to this Meter Probe and my oven is set for 400F my meter probe reads 235F and my wired probe reads around 350F+
Hey Trevor! Our ambient sensor is designed to be extremely sensitive to microclimates within the appliance. Since most cooking appliances tend to have hot and cold spots, the reading can vary greatly depending on the location of the probe. If you feel that your probe is faulty, please feel free to reach out to our customer support at support.meater.com/helper so they can assist further!
Sorry Meater this is a flaw. Please fix it in a firmware update. This explanation is a band aid. Micro climates may exist but a 30 degree variation is a joke.
Sorry, but the ambient temperature on the MEATER is simply not accurate - at all. Mine is 100 degrees F low. That’s just not something you can explain away with “microclimates”. This drastically impacts cook time estimation effectiveness among other things. This is something MEATER engineers need to seriously look at in future offerings.
Hi there! We're sorry you didn't have a great experience with MEATER. If you'd like help, please reach out to our customer support team through our Support Wizard on our website and they can assist you!
Mine is 100 degrees low too.
Mine reads correctly when checked against my Inkbird
@MEATER same with mine. I'm using the Meater 2 Plus right now for the very first time. My cooker is set to 250°. The ambient temp sensor says it's currently 158°, which is simply not the case
Is the Meater off or are the ovens off?
Probably the most anticipated video of all time!
Loving the quick "how to's" keep them coming!
Thank you, Jon!
Haven’t been able to get my charcoal smoker to work with this device, after buying it specifically for that purpose. It reads 140-160, when other thermometers read over 200 ambient. They say it’s a more accurate measurement, but if I can’t follow a recipe that calls for 215 degrees in my smoker without scorching my meat before reaching 215 in the MEATER app, it’s not accurate. If everyone uses regular thermometers to write recipes and talk about food, then the MEATER thermometer is the one that’s inaccurate. Even if it scientifically measures the microclimate next to the meat, that’s not a useful measurement to have for a home cook. I’d just like the ambient temperature measurement everyone else has.
I have a possible theory, might just be a hair brain idea too.
Moisture leaving the meat through the cooking process and turning to vapour takes energy to do so called ‘the exchange of latent energy’ the energy in this case is heat. Could the ambient probe be sitting in the a zone around the meat where all the heat exchange is happening and giving varied information.
All well and good. How do I set the Target temperature? Where is the This is the video you need to start using the product?????????
This is excellent - I've bookmarked it to copy and past on the Meater Meet 'n Greet group when required because there are numerous always people asking why the ambient on the Meater is different to the dome or smoker temperature gauge.
Thank you, Gavin! ❤
people still using dome temp just don't understand the hot air running true the grill... since i bought my first bbq thermometer (wired) i never used the dome temp again. This weekend going to use the meater for the first time!
Great information I was wondering about that
This is great. But the meater will give a warnings if you put it in an oven by itself. So, we need a Bluetooth product that can measure the overall oven/smoker/ grill temperature, not the ambient temperature. The ambient temperature grows throughout the cook. We need to measure the stable atmospheric temperature inside the cooking vessel.
I want to make sure my smoker stays at 225. The ambient temperature doesn't tell me that. I have no benchmark for evaluating the ambient temperature.
In short, we need a hanging oven thermometer with Bluetooth that connects to the Meater app.
I've been trying to figure out the vast variance between my oven temp and ambient temp. My oven is currently set to 350 degrees, the separate grill thermometer I own that I put inside the oven on the same rack as my meat has it at about 340, but the ambient reading from the Meater probe has me at 220. I feel like a 120 degree difference is a bit much to blame on "microclimates" and that's something Meater made up to explain the inaccuracy (seriously, I can't find mention of "microclimates" when it comes to cooking anywhere other than this video.)
This is right and a problem. The MEATER ambient reading is about 100° less than the oven or smoker temperature. This renders the ambient reading almost useless. If I was to adjust my smoker so that the MEATER ambient temp is the recommended cook temp, then first I would get zero smoke (pellet grill), and second, everything would cook at too high a temp and ruin it. All recipes have that discrepancy built in. The MEATER probe would have to be about 12 inches long so that the ceramic part is not influenced by being too near the meat.
I also wonder if the fact that the ambient sensor is attached to the probe, then perhaps the conductive nature of the probe material means that the cooler meat temp inside reaches the ambient sensor.
Hi, then why not to
Compensate via software in order to have a realistc ambient temp?
@@diedericho Why use ambient temp at all if I have to compensate for it? I'll just trust my manual oven thermometer. My frustration is that I purchased a product that is not accurate.
same issue here
why is it that i never hear you mention a gas BBQ, is there a reason that i am not aware of
This is all well and good except when you place other devices in the stove to measure the temperature and the meater probe is still way off. I just had a cook where the time kept increasing even though temp was going up inside and outside the meat. I think I have a defective probe and I’ve reached out to support and to have it replaced. Hopefully they do the right thing or I will not be recommending this product for anyone as a holiday gift
So you designed a thermometer that doesn't properly account for ambient temps like other thermometers do...
Thank you 😊
The Ambient temperature on mine reads 60-70 degree low. I place 3 other meat probes in the same general area of my smoker, and they all read within +\- 10 degrees of each other…. ALL EXCEPT THE MEATER PROBE. Which reads way lower. Very frustrating. I expected more from this device
Hey there! We're sorry you didn't have a great experience with MEATER. If you'd like help, please reach out to our customer support team at support.meater.com/helper and they can assist you!
@@MEATER I will try. Thank you
The ambient temperature on Meater fails quickly and reads too low. Many complain of this. I have tested with other thermometers and it’s around 30 degrees off now on mine. Internal one still works, but not great.
Hey there! We're sorry you didn't have a great experience with MEATER. If you'd like help, please reach out to our customer support team through our Support Wizard on our website and they can assist you!
@@MEATER I have done at the weekend and still awaiting a substantive reply. So far all I have heard from is a customer happiness bot, I replied to that and 5 days later I am still waiting. I’m about to do a review on my RUclips.
@@wakeywarrior Feel free to reach out to us on IG with your ticket number so we can look into this!
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Does the closeness to the meat make the Meater show lower temps.
Hello Rick! If you're referring to the ambient sensor being closer to the meat than compared to if it was a little further, then it should be because the meat will likely be cooler than the environment it's in.
This is simply silly. No way there is a 100 degrees of difference between this and my thermoworks smoke ambient sensor placed 1 inch apart for it to be blamed on "microclimate". It is simply put, wrong and should be removed from advertising as an ambient sensor
Hi there! If you feel that your probe is faulty, please feel free to reach out to our customer support team at support.meater.com/helper so they can look further into it!
Don’t trust your kitchen oven thermometer mine is 30 degrees Celsius hotter than what the dial is set at, when I said it to my brother he said his oven smokes when cooking and things burn quickly if he doesn’t keep an eye on it, I gave him my thermometers to check it and result 25 degrees Celsius hotter than what the dial set at.
Now explain why my phone needs to stay next to my oven to stay connected 😢
Sadly when I set my wired temp meter right next to this Meter Probe and my oven is set for 400F my meter probe reads 235F and my wired probe reads around 350F+
Hey Trevor! Our ambient sensor is designed to be extremely sensitive to microclimates within the appliance. Since most cooking appliances tend to have hot and cold spots, the reading can vary greatly depending on the location of the probe.
If you feel that your probe is faulty, please feel free to reach out to our customer support at support.meater.com/helper so they can assist further!
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Sorry Meater this is a flaw. Please fix it in a firmware update. This explanation is a band aid. Micro climates may exist but a 30 degree variation is a joke.
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