Equipment Reviews: Remote Probe Thermometers
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Our winning clip-on probe thermometer, the ChefAlarm by ThermoWorks, helps with this problem. It features a probe that is connected by a thin wire to a base that sits outside the grill or oven. The probe is inserted into the food you’re cooking and the base displays the temperature readout, allowing you to monitor temperature without opening the oven door or lifting the grill lid.
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Lisa is great. Her thoroughness and attention to detail are why I trust her so much.
You mean she's great at reading a teleprompter. I agree, she can read.
I'm so glad Lisa's back. The infomercial-style reviews were killing me. I'm super happy to see the detailed reviews with: a variety of use cases considered, testing methodology provided, all models addressed (not just the winner).
Thank you
I own and love the ThermoWorks Smoke. That said, I have one major criticism. Every time the alarms go off they ring on both the base and the probe. The problem is that I have to physically touch both units to silence both alarms. That means that if I leave the remote sitting on the coffee table or kitchen counter as I am tending to the pit and opening doors, I end up with an undeniably loud alarm blaring continuously throughout the house until I can make my way back inside. Ironically, this usually happens in the middle of the night when the rest of the family is sleeping. It would be so much better is silencing the alarm at the base would silence both alarms and vise versa. Thumbs up if you can relate!
Danger, Will Robinson, danger!
ThermoWorks is gold standard with professional bbq gurus.
Plus they have that cool USB fan Bellows.
That's changing,your seeing more and more meaters being used,yes I agree with the Thermopen
Fireboard is better
One thing that is failed to mention, I found that A LOT of the probes that rely on a phone have VERY sketchy apps. Why would a temperature probe app need access to my phone contacts?
I have a Thermoworks Smoke X4 and I really love it.
Is it hard to set up?
@@Shanmammy Not really. I've also used the Thermoworks Chef Alarm in the past, so I might just be used to how their thermometers work.
@@CrossXhunteR Could you share a few details of your endorsement? Cost range? Time to setup/read range? Ease of use? Issues? Things you used it for specifically? How long have you used it? Thanks.
I would disagree about “Bluetooth”. On the MEATER, The remote base should be near the probe for Bluetooth, but if you have WiFi at home that lets you use the base to send temps to the phone, it works great. We have used this for smoking meats and went out to run errands, and were still notified of the internal & ambient temperatures. This allowed us to go out.
I was very sad the Meater didn't score higher on this list because I definitely wanted some justification on spending $100 on it.
@@DadsGetDubs I have the Meater+ and it is a fabulous thermometer. the only time I have had trouble is when I tried to use it in a cast iron Dutch oven. when I closed the lid I lost connection but it returned as soon as I lifted it.
It works flawless for me.
I have a Thermoworks DOT and it’s awesome.
I use both a pen-style NSF THDP-450 and the CDN DTTC-W COMBO PROBE THERMOMETER, TIMER AND CLOCK.
Bought both from a local kitchen/restaurant supply facility that is open to the public.
Both work very well, no BT or WiFi. Just change the batteries when they run down every year or so. Both easy cleanup.
I just use the other one until I can get the new batteries on my next shopping/errands trip, etc.
Hope this helps someone.
I use the InkBird BBQ Go bluetooth unit with 4 probes and I absolutely love it. Accuracy is great (validated with my thermaworks pen) and setting custom alarms is so super simple. I have some set for when it's time to wrap my brisket, or pull steaks out of the oven when reverse searing, etc. Who needs 300 yards of range? I can leave the house, come back, and it automatically reconnects.
Don't want to seem rude, but these reviews where it is just Lisa are the best. Great information!!!
I have a basic Thermoworks DOT and put it in front of my wifi security camera and it is perfect, I can see from anywhere, no matter how far away, as if I were standing next to it, also hear the alarm, it if I am not watching!
great idea
@@m444ss so glad I helped 😊
Wow. That was thorough. And captivating. Who knew?
Glad I found this to confirm some of my suspicions that my Weber Igrill is inaccurate. Nice idea about benchmarking it with an immersion circ.
Peter...I’ve had mine for years and it’s constantly given me issues. I love the design of it, but it’s killed more cooks then I can afford. I’ve tried after market probes with similar results.
@@ToddLuvsGolf thank you for the sanity check, felt like I was going crazy. What are you using now Todd?
@@configuremakeinstall Still using my iGrill for longer cooks. I only use the food temp mode and set it for 10-20 degrees below target. Then I grab my Javelin instant read and double check. It’s more work, but I hate tossing out something I paid for.
Nice review, but an update should discuss additional concerns. First, only the wireless thermometers will work on a rotisserie. Though not essential, a graphing function of the entire cook may be of interest to some users. Third, which models can control a temperature activated fan to maintain a constant temperature of a BBQ grill/smoker?
I just bought a smoke! Thermapen is the best!
The meater plus will do WiFi as well, I use it to check my smoker from the other end of the city!
My Grandfather always said to buy more tool than you need. You will never be sorry if you buy a thermometer that is too accurate nor too fast. He was an engineer for GE for 30 years.
I am so happy to to have to go and do a ton of research on my own...I just go to YT put in "American Test Kitchen" with the product i'm interested in and viola! research done. My pots/pans, knives, salad spinner and can opener....all bought in the last year via our friends at ATK
I purchased the smoke Gateway and no problem pairing. Love it!
Been looking forward to this review! Would have been great to have a "Durability" criteria where you put the probes through thermal cycle testing. So many probes I've had in the past break or go dead after a dozen or so uses.
Thanks for the info! I bought the winner and am excited to use it at home. Bread in our miserable oven has been ridiculous to try to bake.
Very helpful review. Thank you.
One thing I like about about the app-enabled thermometers is that you can see a graph of temperature over time. This lets me monitor the temperature swings of my grill so I can adjust accordingly. What I don't like is that the graph resets if you lose bluetooth connection. I have been looking for a wifi solution, but haven't found a device that didn't have it's fair share of issues.
I have a Thermoworks Signals and it has been great
you say "app enabled", I read "app required".
This is probably one of my favorite reviews!
I have the Meater+ and Signals. Neither is perfect, but they both work quite well for me in different applications. I found that if I leave a spare tablet or retired smartphone in the house but within reasonable range of either thermometer, it vastly improves connectivity as I wander around. Even then the Meater+ is more stable than the Signals. The Meater+ app is also very intuitive and flexible. My only gripe about the Meater+ is that the signal from the probe does not reach the base through my Weber Smokey Mountain--so I use the Signals for smoking. I haven't tried this with the Meater+ yet, but with the Signals you can go anywhere and keep tabs on your readings as long as your phone has network connection (wifi or mobile).
My Meater has a range of about 50' when it's in the smoker
So appreciate these reviews! Thank you 🙏
Should have tested the fire board 2. I have one and it works brilliantly. WiFi enabled and it can also run a bbq fan
The Smoke is great! I love all of the Thermoworks products.
built a Cap'n Brian HeaterMeter years ago that still blows these commercial products away.
Great review Lisa !
(Portable induction cooktop) we need a review on this product. how well do they work? who's the best?
Yes, agreed!
I second this!
I feel like you missed some pretty good options. Fireboard is Wi-Fi and I feel like that overcomes a lot of the Bluetooth connection challenges you have with a lot of these.
April 4, 2019 this YT channel did a review of scales. Would you mind doing an updated review of kitchen scales?
Curious here. Why do you believe the evaluation would be significantly different in such a short time? Is there something changing in the technology?
@@borderlineiq In three months it will be 2-years. And, then there is China; clearly, China is going to eat your lunch, if you are not paying attention and keeping up.
Which was the one giving inaccurate readings?
Which was the one delayed by 25 seconds?
Which was the Bluetooth one that needed to be re-paired* completely whenever you went out of range?
It's great that you did these tests but without naming those products how can people avoid them or make informed decisions?
You say 300ft (91m) in open air for the winner, but not what that distance is through wooden or concrete walls like you would have in normal household use moving room to room. You said you tested those things, but never used the results of such testing to any real end.
While the fact Bluetooth and WiFi are different things should be obvious to essentially everyone, you never actually expanded on that like you promised.
If you had it would have become clear that your comparison of WiFi to Bluetooth products based on distance from a cooking surface was unfair, and ultimately nonsensical.
A Bluetooth probe works via Bluetooth, which works line of sight between the source and the receiver. (Ad hoc)*
A wifi probe joins your WiFi network. Your proximity to the probe is irrelevant because the prove isn't transmitting to the receiver. It's transmitting to your wireless access point, which is then transmitting to your receiver.
That means your range for a WiFi probe is limited only* by the range of your own WiFi network, not the probe itself. Testing it's range with a corporate network comprising many enterprise grade WAPs to extend the network over a huge area is not suitable for comparing to household use where most people will be using the dodgy WiFi connection the ISP provided gateway delivers.
It isn't clear why you recommended the nurichef as your smartphone based alternative to the pager style one.
It was also hard to discern how much of your trouble with the smartphone based ones was genuine product flaws and how much of it was the clear technological illiteracy that exists in Americas Test Kitchen.
Overall this round-up seems unreliable and half baked, which is a shame because your round ups are usually the gold standard. As the kitchen increasingly joins the IoT, It might be time for Americas Test Kitchen to hire someone very technologically literate to help with round ups involving those kinds* of devices.
Edit: If you do, then the new thing to test on all IoT kitchenware is security. That's a big factor in "smart" appliances because it ultimately doesn't matter how well that WiFi thermometer or "smart" toaster performs if it represents an attack surface for a hacker to enter your network and cause havoc.
Because@@sandrah7512 I'm on a video platform because I want to WATCH content in video form not read it.
If I wanted to read articles, I wouldn't be on RUclips. This video exists, it should cover the content in full, or in enough detail to not require the article to be read by the viewer.
Don't bother with reading the article, it is the exact same thing but in written form. Doesn't even list all the models that were tested.
@@sandrah7512 And if they fail to adequately address the points I made they will become increasingly irrelevant as cooking moves into the world of IoT and traditional OTA TV continues to fade away to VoD.
The article gives no further information, so your suggestion was just contrarian for the sake of it
I have used the Meater+ on four cooks so far and it works great. Ambient temperature can't be over 500° or it cuts out. But I think the testers had a negative attitude about the Meater+ and didn't evaluate it on its merits. I also used an iPad as a bridge when I smoked on a cook.
Not good to pre-judge a product and not use it properly. There's a video on the Meater and it's proper use and function from the company. America's Test Kitchen should have watched it.
Some people just are not tech savvy. I suspect this was the case based on other reviews
i have one called -FireBoard. it's wifi with up to 6 wired probes can be used, and you can even hook up a fan to control temps in wood/charcoal grills and smokers!
Yes. I have the original and new version and both are fantastic. Better than Smoke by far.
Great timing. Our remote thermometer just died.
With the pager style, you guys can go outside to check out what’s going on at the dry dock or look at incoming ships. :-)
Meater does also allow using a third device (old phone, etc.) as a base station to make the probe WiFi enabled with unlimited range.
Shhh! They don't read instructions! -Like totally ignoring what Bluetooth version they have too.
I wish you would have included the Fireboard 2. It is a great unit.
We own 2 Thermoworks products and they are just excellent.
Great Video, Thanks
While I find you bashed the Meater more than it deserves (and it also monitors the oven temp, which is great), you missed that it can only be used to measure internal temp up to 93°C, which means it can't be used for bread baking.
Love Thermoworks and have the classic Thermopen. If I had been able to pull the trigger a little sooner, I would have likely gotten the MK4 version for roughly the price of the classic. Oh well. Still a very good investment indeed. Have been eyeing the Chef Alarm to replace my Taylor probe whereby the probe went bad. The big reason for the Chef Alarm is if the probe is bad, I can get another one for less than $20, not an entire new unit like the Taylor unit as it's all or nothing.
I've had the Taylor for years. I think it's fine. I also have the classic Thermapen and bought the MK4 last year. Love them.
@@markcoopersmith2280 Well, my beef with the Taylor is while it worked fine, the probe itself ceased to work and can't just replace that, gotta buy a whole new unit and I hadn't had a chance to use it much and despite that, the probe went bad. Otherwise, agree, it's fine, when it works.
I use the Smoke, by ThermoWorks. Especially handy for reverse sear of steaks and roasts. When you spend the big bucks for a prime rib or huge rib eye steak, the last thing you want to do is screw it up. I tried other thermometers before which sounded good but failed miserably. You can’t go wrong with the ThermoWorks line and accessories.
ATK is my trusted reviewers before I buy any cookware.
Kitchen timers! Especially durability, we find most dont survive in a busy bakery
Please make a video on dehydrators
+1 on that.
The Excalibur brand are kind of the gold standard if you don't want to wait. They're also easy to find accessories for, like nonstick sheets and replacement trays/mats.
I’ve had a Smoke since soon after it was released, and the Smoke Gateway since the week it was released. I’ve never had a single problem with it or the app, and it’s so nice to not be tied to the grill all through a low & slow cook.
I considered a Signals when it came out, but it has a sealed rechargeable battery rated for 16 hours of run time - *when new.* Rechargeable batteries lose capacity over time. Briskets can take every bit of 16 hours - so IMO that unit is under-designed.
The review really should have included Fireboard. But overall it’s a good review.
Y'all always publish your reviews at just the right time. I was planning to buy a remote probe thermometer next weekend and was leaning toward getting two of the Meater+, but now I think I'll get one Meater+ and one ThermoWorks Smoke. If the latter had wireless probes, I'd probably just get that one. Thanks!
I have seen bad reviews on the Meater+
@@thewhitematstudio Same, but most of the concerns I've seen either don't apply to my use case or are worse with the few wireless alternatives I've seen. And the fact that it's "recommended with reservations" here makes me more confident in the compromise.
Sign up fir Thermoworks emails and wait for a scratch and dent sale. Bought mine that way - no noticeable issues with devices or packaging. Full warranty. They are awesome to deal with.
Come to think of it, they might be having one right now. Only limitation will be color availability- these things come in tons of colors.
@@DrDocDRM Thanks for the tip! I'm all about those scratch and dent savings. I just bought the 8 quart Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus after another ATK recommendation and got it for $85 (currently $140 new) from Amazon Warehouse and I can't find the slightest imperfection, despite being listed as having "interior cosmetic damage." Even the laptop I'm posting from came from the Lenovo Outlet.
do you think this one is better than the wireless thermometer from AKSESROYAL?
Seems like ThermoWorks doesn't offer that product anymore (or they've renamed it). The URL above no longer works. The "ChefAlarm" item on their website doesn't have the remote "pager" component, just the monitor connected by wire to the probes. They have similar items, but I don't know which is comparable.
Pager's gonna be making a comeback. Technology's cyclical.
That it is.
if i can't monitor my roast and cheat on my wife with my neighbor, i don't want it.
Thank God, I found this. You finally provided the ONLY reason a probe needs a range of 300 ft.
The review completely ignored the huge difference in convenience between those products with cabled sensors, versus those with wireless sensors. I use the MEATER+, which has a wireless probe and was trivially easy to pair.
Right. And those shots of the testing showing multiple units with wires were a disservice to those who preferred a wired model. It's going to be ONE wire connecting, not that dumb spaghetti bowl of a mess they showed like someone's stereo setup. You know all those high production values on "What's Eating Dan?" Well, those people don't work on these. Night and day.
Definitely one of my favorite YT Channels. However, where is Fireboard? Hands down one of the best remote thermometers on the market.
You really were a bit dishonest about the Meater+. It can connect via Wi-Fi if you read the manual. Target temperature is not fixed. And the dual probe means it can not only monitor the meat but the temperature of the oven or smoker giving you an accurate idea of when the food *will be* done and how long to let it rest.
Well, if you think about it, a lot of the disqualifying criteria on the TV show and here on the channel are more than a little bogus. They throw out items from the downselect frequently for some imputed need that is unreasonable. In this instance, the quickly favored a range of 300+ feet from the probe. Really? Unless you were in a dorm or high rise and several floors away from a courtyard, how could you need that kind of distance in a home use item? Most houses are not even 70 feet long. Many times on the TV show, they'll include something like a drop test against concrete for a heavy pan. Honestly, I've cooked for decades and never dropped a heavy pan on an unforgiving surface like that. Let's face it, that's a complete disaster scenario, and what cookware should be built to withstand that kind of abuse?
You can use wifi? O.o
The Thermoworks is clearly the star of this show, but honestly, the XR-50 is much better than your review. In two years (ish) of ownership and well over 100 outdoor cooks on all types of weather, I’ve NEVER had to re-pair the remote to it. I do wish it was backlit, but I’ve never had any problems with off angle viewing. I’m disappointed that you failed to mention it’s four probes, and instead chose to song the receiver size, which is required four four temp displays. I do agree that the smoke walks circles around it, and appreciate the review of the Meater.
Is Thermoworks a sponsor?
you complained about a pairing problem then immediately cut to phone pairing process which clearly shows how the probe should be located
I saw that. "We can't find the instructions!?!" shows it clearly displayed on the phone.
I’m going to have to wait for Lan’s review.
Looks like Lisa used to work in the taste kitchen.👩🏿🍳🥯🍰🧁🍦🍩🍫🍪🍔🍟🍕🌮🌯
Great review. Personally I can't stand kitchen equipment that depends on apps. If the app becomes unsupported, or isn't compatible with your next smartphone upgrade, you've essentially purchased an expensive brick.
Of course you choose Thermoworks, but not necessarily because it's the best. I've had my Maverick a couple of years now. It's good to about 500 feet ( I'll never be that far from my smokers but it's nice knowing it will reach through a few walls) And you can use multiple units by simply pairing the units separately giving you ability to monitor multiple cookers and the meats in each of those cookers. I am considering getting one of the Thermoworks though because they can be hooked up to a small fan that connects to most smokers and thereby gives you the ability control the temperature in the cooker. That is something you folks should have mentioned. One thing to monitor temperature. Totally out of this world to monitor AND control cook chamber temperature. But I still love you guys. Here's to BBQ love.🔥🔥🔥🌡
2 channel smoke kit comes with min-max alarms on both channels, a long “L” style probe, and an air “probe” with grate clip. Can’t “control” the grill temp (unless you add the Billows vent fan / other accy’s) but you’ll know when grill temp is rising or falling. Love my 2 channel - looking forward to buying the 4 channel + Billows. (Gas for now, researching a good offset smoker set up)
@@DrDocDRM yup, I was referring to the bellows fan. Nice combination with a Kamado or Webber Smoky Mountain cooker. Set it and walk away for several hours, very nice.
By the way I have a LSG IVS arriving in mid February. Will be using the fireboard two fire controller for this cooker. This is not a " backyard" cooker but for my catering business I have started. But it's the same idea, just bigger.
And I was considering the Billows ( I miss spelled it earlier) for one of my WSM'S , I prefer doing ribs in that. I can smoke 20 pork ribs in one cook in the wsm. Anyway, have a great day.
@@victorbenner539 lots of content in the Q&A section in Billows related to mounting on various types of cookers. Sounds like you’re on point, but if anyone else has questions/problems - they are spot on for helping us modify/ special install adapters/ etc. I’ve been impressed with Thermoworks as a customer for the past several months.
Only down side on the thermoworks
Is that it has a delay
i watch you for couple years now and am grateful for your work, but you gotta lose the "football field units" and convert or AT LEAST include metric.
What about the Fireboard 2?
Fireboard is great. I can even check the temp using Alexa when I can't check the unit/phone.
If you're 400 ft from your steak when the temp probe sends an alert can you get back to your steak before it's overdone? I doubt it. I believe there is a logic failure here.
Some people cook food other than steak . . .
@@DrDocDRM So? I mentioned as one example because she mentioned it as one example. And for your enlightenment steak isn't the only food that can overcook quickly.
@@05generic did you mention a logic failure? I can set my alarm ( and frequently do) for temps below “ done” so I can finish as I please / reverse sear, slower finish, or if I know I’ll need more time to get to the food, say if I am quite some distance away - like 400 feet. That way I’ll make it there in plenty of time to avoid it being overdone. Logic - it works as well as the 400’ range, if you just know how to use it.
REVERSE SEAR!!!
I love how sous vide can target a perfect temperature every time.
I'll admit my Meater isn't perfect, but I'm not going back to any corded style. I had a pager type before, and the thing ate batteries and the cords were a real pain to deal with.
Does it work in an air fryer? - The only reason I could think to get one.
@@madthumbs1564 I don't have an air fryer so I can't say, my primary use is for long smokes in my kettle.
The Thermoworks pager thermometers don't eat batteries. And they use readily available standard batteries, too, not button cells.
Can't argue about the cords, though I'm used to them. Thermoworks did just release silicone spools to help manage to cords, and they offer little silicone rings you can use to mark both ends so you can tell which is which. Neither accessory is very expensive.
I so totally disagree with you! yes Thermoworks products are spot on(I own and have used the Smoke,thermopen)BUT those cables for OUTDOOR COOKING are a pain!The Meaters(BLOCK) is fantastic.Besides reading spot on internal temps(no difference then Thermoworks products)It also reads ambient temps of your Grill(oven).And the setting up of Wifi was easy,you just need to place the block(acts as a signal booster)at a midway point.So I'm disappointed with ATK's review or are with going to have that OXO and Thermoworks conversation now
I was thinking the same. I was hoping she used the equivalent MEATER Block as for a wifi option.
The meaters is a piece of crap had trouble pairing with my phone. And constantly got disconnected and was very difficult to reconnect
@@davemartinez4143 which meater did u have.unless u had the block(like I have) you were probably out of range or very close to it.BTW u have NO IDEA how it keeps temps so?????
@@Stlmgnolia I recently bought it at Amazon. It was not the meater Plus. It came in a little wooden box that was used to charge it. I have used meat thermometers before I just had trouble with this one that's the reason why I'm returning it. I don't have time while I'm cooking to be screwing around with something that is constantly having trouble pairing with my phone. That was my experience
What about the temperature resistance of the cables? I tried one of the cabled models on my charcoal grill, only to have it fail after a few minutes (shorted). Being an engineering sort, I pushed the braid aside to examine the cable. Yup, it was melted, and the reason was stamped on the cable itself. The insulation was rated at a mere 105C. (220 F)
While that won't be a problem with the bit that is in the food, the 6 inches or so between food, and the edge of the grill will be sitting at at least double that temperature. (especially if you use lump charcoal) I checked several different brands, and they all seemed to use the same supplier for the probes, when marked, it was the same 105C. I replaced the wire with some that was UL 94V0 rated for 260C (500F) Its held up so far, but should it fail I will order some TGGT wire rated to 450C (840 F) (at $3/ft I don't keep it around)
Go take a peek at the specs on thermoworks website. Solid details with temp limits.
Will the Thermoworks thermometer measure grill temp in addition to meat cooking temp?
Can we please get a review of true wireless thermometers only for those of us that are not half wits and know how to work a smartphone.
They need to make one with cellular technology or some other technology that would allow you to know your temperature from anywhere, even when you're not home just like you can change your home temperature or check your cameras. Of course, they could make the wi-fi capabilities connect to more than just the base and you get the same thing.
Should have tested FireBoard, but it is hard to beat ThermoWorks for accuracy and performance.
A network connected probe thermometer is just about the most overengineered thing I can imagine. You didn't even mention the security risk of connecting another random device to your home network. Did you check what kind of network activity it generates? How much do you trust the thermometer manufacturer to push out timely security updates? Plus, you have to install their spyware to your phone.
Why 1000 feet? That seems pretty excessive.
Why didn't you also mention the one that was the worst one in this test, just so we have a reference? . . . .
The recommended item is $100. I would like to see value based recommendation too. A best at $50 range recommendation. Thank you.
Someone didn't watch it all the way through. They recommended a $45 one.
I'm grilling on my patio, as I cook other things in the kitchen 10 ft away. Why do I care about 300 ft range? Ridiculous test conditions. And I have to pay to read the report! You gotta be kidding!
Any pitmaster worth their weight owns at least one thermoworks product. They are the gold standard in quick accurate temperature readings.
Link is dead?
i din't think ThermoWorks offers that exact product anymore.
So basically the apps are all hot garbage
Where’s Dan?
You have to be smarter that the equipment you are testing, I have most of those and have had none of those problems.
Fair. But they are trying to cater to the average person
Another plus for the Thermoworks Smoke:
It has 2 channels and comes with 2 probes, so you can monitor oven or grill temperature with one probe while monitoring food with the other at the same time
Meater monitors both using a single probe.
Don’t forget to by some extra probes/ different styles fir times you don’t need the air temperature probe for grills/bbq control
Isn't that Dan in the background hard at work doing..............something.
If you're candy-making or deep frying, why in the world would you want and/or need to be remote? You have to be right there!
Smoke works w/o the remote. I frequently leave it in the box for indoor kitchen cooks.
next: rice cooker!!
I trust no one but Lisa PERIOD
WHAAAAAT? NO FIREBOARD?????
I'm so disappointed. I was really interested in a meater
I have 2 meaters. They’re pretty good. The ambient temp is nonsense. But if you have the MEATER + it is a handy way to track internal temp. I use it mostly for a reverse sear situation where I’m bringing meat up to a certain temp before finishing with a sear, etc.
If you read the written review they do recommend the Meater, just with reservations. Based on my personal experience if you think you'll like it, you probably will.
The MEATER is great. Works perfectly well and the ambient is quite good - for my purposes
The people behind Lisa should be wearing some masks!
The published review is from February of 2020, so this video was filmed even before that. Posting times on this channel typically have little relevancy to when the content was actually created.
The NutriChef is now about $75. Not nearly as good a deal
Can't say that I completely agree with the test kitchen here. It seems like the test kitchen maybe filled with non-tech savvy individuals which is fine but I would say that anyone with even slightly competent technical skills should be fine with the true wireless smartphone systems like the Meater+. None of the smartphone based thermometers REQUIRE you to use presets either as they can all be configured with custom settings with very little issue unless you are rather technically illiterate. Any thermometer that is tied strictly to presets would be completely useless so I don't buy that argument at all. I also don't buy the comment about the reduced range of 25 ft for the Meater+ considering the base station acts as a repeater and boosts the range for the unit just like the Yummly or Meatstick thermometers. Perhaps in a commercial setting like the test kitchen there could be either concrete or steel beams in the walls or saturated wireless signals that would prevent it significantly reduce transmission but in the average home that would be a non-issue and when testing for wireless situations they really need to consider their setting and factor that into the results. Perhaps by doing an additional home-based test to confirm if their commercial setting is not the actual problem.
Another thing that Lisa failed to mention or even consider is how completely unusable these corded probe needed systems are for rotisserie use. In that instance the only option is a TRUE wireless probe or you will end up with a tangled destroyed mess. I suppose it depends on how often you use a rotisserie but I found that once you can rotisserie there is very little that will make you want to stop. The only reason not to is if you are a person who really wants those sear marks on their meats.
Sure would have been nice if this video had come out *before* Christmas...I got a Meater! Haven’t tried it yet, I’m sure it’ll be fine...but I probably would have gone with the Thermoworks!
I've been incredibly happy with mine, both when cooling indoors and out. It worked wonders for my smoked pork butt in summer and gave me perfect prime rib for Christmas.
Thanks @@michaelsutton4860, that helps me feel better! For all I know it was the next in line anyway. I understand why they don’t go into all the details of scores (gotta make money somehow) but for a few of the comparisons I wish they did!
Most wireless thermometers tend to be user error. Some have a cloud option that will let you go miles away and still see your cook.
The Test Kitchen continues to suggest to the home cook that hundreds and hundreds of dollars are advised for even the simplest cooking activities. You really shouldn't imply that great cooking needs such expense, as good cooks follow good practices, not get wrapped up in overspending, especially for gadgets that will likely fall out of use.