Grilling & Recipes: Wireless thermometer performance>>>
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Mack
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Wireless thermometer performance>>>
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12/1/2011 8:10:59 PM
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I have two, both Mavericks. #1- Maverick model ET-73 ($32.99 @ Amazon) 2 probes (meat/cook temp). Accurate on both probes/ checked with the wife's oven thermometer and with a digital stick probe for meat. Both nailed it dead. Range to remote is shorter than the other model (100' vs. 300') and more difficult to program. In use for @ three years/ maybe 15 cycles. Still using original batteries. #2- Maverick model ET732. ($59.99 @ Amazon) Same 2 probes and same accuracy results. Range base to remote is a lot better, plus easier to program, a lot easier. In use @ 2 years, using it maybe 8 times. Same AAA batteries. For the price difference, I choose the ET732.
The weakness on any wireless device like this is the cable to the probes inside the grill/smoker. If you want to use it to watch the meat temp of a steak on a 700* fire, it will fail quickly guaranteed. Not made for that temp. Cables melt. Use a stick probe. Or, if you repeatedly crimp the cables under a smoker/grill lid, the cables will fail. I use a foil conduit over the cables to prevent crimping and to help with extreme heat near the probe. It works. If you need to snake it thru the smoker vent, put the foil at the bend thru the vent. These things are accurate, and they help your confidence that something is really "done" without cutting it. Very, very neat. Ho, Ho, Ho!!
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