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Maverick ET-73 concerns
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valrune
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The first time I used mine, I could not pick up a signal from my garage to my living room (one wall) 
so I did my overnight without it. I did the antenna mod. and now it can pick up the signal all the way to the back of the house! My last overnight (second use with the ET-73) the pit probe sometimes resistered 10 deg. over my dome thermo , and sometimes 10 deg. under. The meat probe resistered HHH constantly until I removed it from the meat and reinserted then it would read a temp for about 4 seconds and then go back to HHH. I moved the probe wires around with no change in the reading. I restarted the maverick 2-3 different times with the same results.Talk about chasing temps all night, I was better off without it. I calibrated all probes and dome thermo at the same time in boiling water with good results. I don't know if I should buy new probes or stick the maverick in the back of my junk drawer for a couple years :(
so I did my overnight without it. I did the antenna mod. and now it can pick up the signal all the way to the back of the house! My last overnight (second use with the ET-73) the pit probe sometimes resistered 10 deg. over my dome thermo , and sometimes 10 deg. under. The meat probe resistered HHH constantly until I removed it from the meat and reinserted then it would read a temp for about 4 seconds and then go back to HHH. I moved the probe wires around with no change in the reading. I restarted the maverick 2-3 different times with the same results.Talk about chasing temps all night, I was better off without it. I calibrated all probes and dome thermo at the same time in boiling water with good results. I don't know if I should buy new probes or stick the maverick in the back of my junk drawer for a couple years :( Comments
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I'm on my 2nd Maverick. Piece of junk in my eyes. I have calibrated all other thermometers to make sure temp measurements are accurate and Maverick is always inconsistent. Others have had success, but thumbs down for me.
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Get rid of it!
If you can send it back do it.
Put your money in a stoker or guru. -
I've had mine two years. It has always been accurate. Range is enough for me (maybe 35 feet). I set the alarms on overnights and it hasn't let me down.
I see these posts about problems on this forum at regular intervals. Some folks have no problems others are concerned.
Quality control may kill these folks. -
Now you have me wondering about my ET-71 wireless thermometer. I kept losing the signal and the chicken temp seemed a little high. When it reached 180 I went out and stuck another Maverick thermometer in the chicken and it registered 167.
I should check both of these with boiling water. Can these Mavericks be calibrated? -
No you can not calibrate the maverick probes. I may use my et-73 to cook with but I use my thermapen for the final say. Tim
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valrune, How did you do your antenna mod? Do you have any pic's? Tim
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I'm on my second ET-73, returned the first one, bad transmitter. Would like more details on your antenna mod to increase the range.
Barry
Marthasville, MO -
I have a food probe failure on my first use of the Maverick et 73. I was warned by Bacchus not to buy it because I didn't need it. He was right. However, I do like the dome probe. I am sitting in my office and I can quickly look at my dome temp. I am watching my egg get to 325 as I cook a ham. I will order another food probe and try it again. If the next one fails after one cook I am done!
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I am happy for your success with the maverick
. I was hoping to get some sleep with mine but because of the crazy readings I was up all night. -
BTW, My last cook was a pork shoulder, came out eggcellent! It didn't last long enough for pics :laugh:
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Which mod did you use, length and gauge of wire?
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I modified the receiver by using wire I found in my garage. I think its about a 16 ga. and I used a 6.5" piece. I didn't use solder, I just firmly stuck it in the ant. hole and when the case was closed it holds the wire securely. I notched a small hole in the case just big enough for the wire to pass through. Seems to work great.
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I have some interesting information about the mod which I will post when I get my ET-73 back together and the pictures up on the forum.
Thanks for the information & the post.
Glad it seems to work for you.
GG
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