How do you know when your Maverick probe is going bad?

jls9595 · January 2014

My probe says 72 degrees outside but it's like 30. I tested it in boiling water and it read 208, close enough right? I'm not sure if I trust it.

cazzy · January 2014

it's fine, it's not like a Thermapen where it has a thermocouple at the tip. Sorry to say, but no reading outside temp with your Maverick.

jls9595 · January 2014

ok, good. It used to be a little more accurate to outside temp so I was getting worried.,

grege345 · January 2014

When you see LLL its done

jls9595 · January 2014

I have had an "HHH" reading but it has always been when the grill has been too hot(not low and slow) and once I got it cooled down again it worked fine. I have never seen the "LLL"

Tjcoley · January 2014

I knew my Maverick had gone bad when it indiscriminately started probing meat.

jls9595 · January 2014

Tjcoley said:

I knew my Maverick had gone bad when it indiscriminately started probing meat.

hmm...

Cookinbob · January 2014

I had LLL on my grid probe and it was done. bought another but thought it was ind of pricey. Anybody got a good source for replacement probes?

BYS1981 · January 2014

Internal temperature of the human body should be about 98.2.

jls9595 · January 2014

BYS1981 said:

Internal temperature of the human body should be about 98.2.

ColAngus · January 2014

I just got my Maverick two weeks ago and last night during a low/slow the cook temp was LLL a few times. Then I'd go and adjust the damper and the cook temp would go somewhere between 230-255 degrees.

Does that mean I have a bad unit???

jls9595 · January 2014

ColAngus said:

I just got my Maverick two weeks ago and last night during a low/slow the cook temp was LLL a few times. Then I'd go and adjust the damper and the cook temp would go somewhere between 230-255 degrees.

Does that mean I have a bad unit???

no idea, maybe? mine has said "HHH" only when above 500 degrees.

Duranhler · January 2014

Cookinbob said:

I had LLL on my grid probe and it was done. bought another but thought it was ind of pricey. Anybody got a good source for replacement probes?

Try this place ,.,. http://www.bbqequipmentstore.com/Replacement-Probes_c169.htm

Browninggold · January 2014

This is per the manual... 8) The Barbecue Thermometer registers temperatures as low as 32 oF (0 oC) and as high as 572 oF (300 oC). LLL will be displayed below 32 oF and HHH will be displayed above 572 oF. Do not use the stainless probe sensor above 572 oF. Doing so will deteriorate the wire. I've had my 732 read LLL in the cold Michigan winters and after awhile (it was a long time 1/2 hr.)in the BBQ it had a accurate grid temp. http://www.maverickhousewares.com/manuals/ET-732.pdf

How do you know when your Maverick probe is going bad?

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