1 Temp Probe not enough - What's your experience with aftermarket Wireless Temp Probes?

[MiningMInkey]

I would like to hear everyones feedback on a wireless aftermarket Temp probe, such as the Meater or similar. I've been really enjoying my Costco Silverton 620 with the Wifire App but I'm finding that some people like their meat cooked a certain way (rare,medium rare, medium well, well done, etc...) It's hard to pull that off with a single probe, I know there are manual probes, but i prefer realtime monitoring so i check the meat temp at anytime without rushing over to the grill only to find out i still have another 10-20 degrees to go and then add to that opening the door will reduce temp a few degrees or more especially when it's cold.

• How accurate are they?
• can you leave the meater in for the entire cook?
• Are they easy to clean?
• How long do the batteries last for?
• Life of rechargeable battery?

 

[Timmy]

I bought a FireBoard, very accurate,easy to wipe off probes, battery lasts for a long time. I plug mine in on overnight cooks. And it has 6 channels. I monitor pit temp and meat temp, sometimes on two grills at the same time. It also graphs and keeps sessions on the cloud that you can review. I also recommend the thermoworks MK4 instant read thermometer.

 

[Slimpicker]

Here's a complete thread, there's more, just search "meater" or "fireboard"

Fireboard 2 VS. Signals Thermometer

Hello to everyone, I am new to the forum and would appreciate you advise. I am looking to purchase a thermometer and I am torn between the Signals and the Fireboard. I like the Fireboard 2 but the screen is not as informative and does not have as many options as the Signals. Also, by reading...

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Internal Temp and probe temp off by 30 to 40 degrees

Hello all. I appreciate any feedback or assistance as I am a rookie with the Traeger 575. The main issue I am having is with the internal temperature. I set the grill to 225 and placed a brisket on the grill. Four hours later I put in a "Metear probe" to check the temp of the meat. The...

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[TheGrumpyGriller]

I use the Inkbird IT4 - With discounts, I got it for under $75 and it's been quite accurate and useful. The Fireboard appears to have a lot of supporters on this forum, and honestly, if someone gifted me one, I'd love it, but I haven't personally been able to justify the $200 cost. The previous posts give you links to lots of details, so check them out and good luck!

 

[Puertex]

I would like to hear everyones feedback on a wireless aftermarket Temp probe, such as the Meater or similar. I've been really enjoying my Costco Silverton 620 with the Wifire App but I'm finding that some people like their meat cooked a certain way (rare,medium rare, medium well, well done, etc...) It's hard to pull that off with a single probe, I know there are manual probes, but i prefer realtime monitoring so i check the meat temp at anytime without rushing over to the grill only to find out i still have another 10-20 degrees to go and then add to that opening the door will reduce temp a few degrees or more especially when it's cold.

• How accurate are they?
• can you leave the meater in for the entire cook?
• Are they easy to clean?
• How long do the batteries last for?
• Life of rechargeable battery?

I recently purchased a Fireboard. I will share with you how I evaluated these two units.
I narrowed my selection to the FB and the Thermoworks Signals thermometer.
They both are very similar in characteristics and cost. The Signals goes on a 20% discount sale from time to time.
The Signals has a 2 year warranty and the FB has a 1 year.
The FB has a much better battery lasting longer than the Signals (30 hrs vs. 16hrs). The Signals charger is not a USB standard, the FB is standard. The Signals takes longer (14 hrs) to charge the battery, the FB takes 4 to 6 hrs.
The FB has 6 probe inputs, the Signals has 4. Signals includes the 4 probes, the FB includes 3 probes.
I decided my Fireboard purchase based on battery design and charging and the fact that there are more probe inputs.
I have used the FB twice and really like how all the temperature data is uploaded to the cloud. You dont even need your phone. You can log into your computer in real time and watch all the temps. You may be able to do this too with the Signals.
Good luck with your purchase.
Puertex

 

[captgadget]

Fire Bird works great.

 

[Slimpicker]

Fire Bird works great.

YEAH??? what year you got???

 

[captgadget]

yeah that's man!

 

[captgadget]

Sorry I meant inkbird: https://inkbird.com/collections/food-thermometer/products/ibt-6xs

 

[Smokin']

I would like to hear everyones feedback on a wireless aftermarket Temp probe, such as the Meater or similar. I've been really enjoying my Costco Silverton 620 with the Wifire App but I'm finding that some people like their meat cooked a certain way (rare,medium rare, medium well, well done, etc...) It's hard to pull that off with a single probe, I know there are manual probes, but i prefer realtime monitoring so i check the meat temp at anytime without rushing over to the grill only to find out i still have another 10-20 degrees to go and then add to that opening the door will reduce temp a few degrees or more especially when it's cold.

• How accurate are they?
• can you leave the meater in for the entire cook?
• Are they easy to clean?
• How long do the batteries last for?
• Life of rechargeable battery?

I can say that for a true "wireless" probe system the Meater Block is a very good device to use. It comes with 4 probes and a wireless repeater that connects to your home wireless network. The app. supplies more than enough information to do a great cook , and offers a lot of information if you want to compare your cooks over time. You need to keep the block close to the smoker for best performance. The probes give a very accurate reading for both internal food temp. and the ambient temp. inside the smoker. I have been using it for many months now and am extremely happy so far. It has a usb connection to power it if you are doing long cooks so you save the battery. The batteries in the block itself are not rechargeable , the probes themselves recharge when in storage on the block. They are very easy to clean and seem to be made from quality materials. The only problem that i have had is if the food you are cooking is wrapped in aluminum foil sometimes the probe can not be seen by the block , this has happened 2 times so far , so to fix this I insert the probe after wrapping and have had no problem with moisture loss in the food.
So this being said , Meater is a true wireless , no wires from the probes to the reader / sender , to worry about getting damaged by the door or cover or being twisted when in storage. (have had several wired probe systems and all have failed on the probe wire side of things and replacing probes is expensive) As far as battery life that is up to you on how much you use it , but the usb connection helps with that also ..... hope this helps ,,,, happy smoking
good BBQ comes from experiance ,,,,, experiance comes from bad BBQ !!!

 

[captgadget]

I can say that for a true "wireless" probe system the Meater Block is a very good device to use. It comes with 4 probes and a wireless repeater that connects to your home wireless network. The app. supplies more than enough information to do a great cook , and offers a lot of information if you want to compare your cooks over time. You need to keep the block close to the smoker for best performance. The probes give a very accurate reading for both internal food temp. and the ambient temp. inside the smoker. I have been using it for many months now and am extremely happy so far. It has a usb connection to power it if you are doing long cooks so you save the battery. The batteries in the block itself are not rechargeable , the probes themselves recharge when in storage on the block. They are very easy to clean and seem to be made from quality materials. The only problem that i have had is if the food you are cooking is wrapped in aluminum foil sometimes the probe can not be seen by the block , this has happened 2 times so far , so to fix this I insert the probe after wrapping and have had no problem with moisture loss in the food.
So this being said , Meater is a true wireless , no wires from the probes to the reader / sender , to worry about getting damaged by the door or cover or being twisted when in storage. (have had several wired probe systems and all have failed on the probe wire side of things and replacing probes is expensive) As far as battery life that is up to you on how much you use it , but the usb connection helps with that also ..... hope this helps ,,,, happy smoking
good BBQ comes from experiance ,,,,, experiance comes from bad BBQ !!!

If I didn't already have my setup I would have done this one.

 

[YYCRed]

Late to this thread, but here's my two cents: it depends. If you are just looking for internal temperatures, the Meater offers a more convenient, true wireless product. If you want to have access to data about your various cooking sessions, FireBoard is the one you want. Either way, I would still suggest an instat-read thermometer like the ThermoPen MK4.

 

[Idahopool]

I would like to hear everyones feedback on a wireless aftermarket Temp probe, such as the Meater or similar. I've been really enjoying my Costco Silverton 620 with the Wifire App but I'm finding that some people like their meat cooked a certain way (rare,medium rare, medium well, well done, etc...) It's hard to pull that off with a single probe, I know there are manual probes, but i prefer realtime monitoring so i check the meat temp at anytime without rushing over to the grill only to find out i still have another 10-20 degrees to go and then add to that opening the door will reduce temp a few degrees or more especially when it's cold.

• How accurate are they?
• can you leave the meater in for the entire cook?
• Are they easy to clean?
• How long do the batteries last for?
• Life of rechargeable battery?

Don't buy a Meater. They wouldn't stand behind their warranty when mine failed after 6 months. They said the temperature had been exceeded when it was only used in the over or on the stove with a grilling pan. Buy a Meat Stick or anything else. I had to buy a new probe for $65. I found out that I could have bought a new complete new unit for the same price. :-(

 

[John S.]

To comment on 3ed party probes, my FireBoard got caught in a flash storm and once I drained off the water, I left it in the kitchen for 3 weeks and then tried it and it failed… so I sent it to the factory.. it turned out the it was a month out of warranty, this was no issue for FireBoard. They put in a new Battery, display and replace one of the buttons on the side. And covered it all under the warranty, including shipping in both directions, even though I was at month 13 of a 12 month warranty..
great company, would definitely buy from them again as well as recommending them to anyone as a company to buy from

 

[Idahopool]

Cool. I'll definitely look at Fireboard.