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Summary: Probe Failed
Comment: The temp probe will fail after a few uses. The temp will read 199 F when it fails. DON"T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!
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Summary: CSI
Comment: All reviews indicating probe failure are consistent with my findings, which is an engineering design flaw in the choice of low-temp material for the wire insulation that eventually carbonizes with high-temp exposure (my opinion). The thermister sensor itself remains functional (assumming it was always inside food; I disassembled one probe to confirm how it failed). The failure will not usually occur immediately, unless exposed to very high temp, such as a grill on sear. As far as I can tell all probes of different manufactures are essentially of the same design (I have several, and they are interchangeable among the units). The main point to take away is that ALL of these will eventually fail after accumulating enough high-temp exposure time. You are essentially cooking the wire insulation until it carbonizes internally and shorts out the sensor. The silly part of this is high-temp wire probes have been around for decades, so this is just plain bad engineering, not rocket science, but so far (based in part on other reviews) I don't know of anyone doing it correctly in the consumer market (you need an industrial probe). The worst environment for these is the grill, which is why I put this review here; you may get only one use.
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Summary: Difficult to synch remote probe and unit
Comment: I bought two of these units. The instructions require you to reset the receiving unit in order to get it to synch with the sending unit. However, it does not seem to work. After many attempts and much frustration, I got it to work.
The unit seems very accurate, and its great to have it remote. However, I have already ruined one of the two probes, as I inserted it into the meat immediately, while I was still searing. My grill temp must have been over the 480 degree limit, as the probe has now been damaged and does not work at all.
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Summary: Take heed!
Comment: The first two of these didn't work right out of the package. Even the barbeque specialty store owner couldn't get either of them to work. The third worked for 1 hour even though I was only using it to spot check the meat (didn't leave the probe inside the grill) It is now in the trash, at $3.50 a gallon I won't waste the gas to return it again!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great if it works
Comment: We had this thermometer for one summer. When we first got it, we were thrilled. It tells you when the meat it done so you don't overcook it on the grill. However, after about 3 months of moderate use (I think we used it about once every 1-2 weeks), it just died. We tried to reset it, changed the batteries, etc., but nothing worked. It would turn on, but it wouldn't read a temperature. We finally threw it away. For $30, I expected it to last longer than it did, but for the short time it did work, it worked great.
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