Meater Thermometer - Latest Model

briwald

I did a search in the forums, and the most recent post I could find about Meater Thermometers was from 2020.  Wifey got me one for Christmas, and I've used it on a few things.  Curious what other people think if they have used them.  

My biggest observation/gripe/question is that I still use my older wired grid thermometer, mainly because I was a little skeptical at first with the Meater.  I notice that the ambient temp from the Meater is always higher by as much as fifty degrees than my grid probe.  I've tested both in boiling water, and both are spot on to 1 degree, so I'm just not sure why the grid probe and the Meater are so far off while in the dome.  For example, I did a 13 lbs. brisket, wanted to maintain a 275 degree temp. My grid probe was reading spot on when I put the brisket in, but once the meat was on the grill and the Meater was in, the Meater thermometer registered the temp in the 330's.  Meat probes from both devices read within 5 degrees. Just not sure if I can trust the Meater dome/ambient temp.  Anyone got any experience or thoughts?

lousubcap

I have had great success with a single unit Meater.  The protein temp and ambient are well within Q analog accuracy.  Glad I got one on a sale around 8-10 months ago.
BTW-their customer support is very responsive.  
Suffice to say-if this fails I will go again, at least once.

TechsasJim

I’m with Cap here.   Once I learned to treat it properly, meaning cleaning etc (thanks for that Cap) it seems to work quite well.    It is a bit more finicky than my trusted wired versions but I do enjoy the dome/protein dual reads on the MEATER+

Langner91

I have found my ambient temps are lower than the dome thermo reads.  I assumed it was because it was next to cold protein.  

However, it seems accurate enough and seems to work better with the rotisserie.

Of course, I am a plus or minus 50°F kinda guy.  I just want it to be directionally correct.  After all, I am not baking soufflé in the egg.

I am a fan of the Meater+

This past snowy weekend, I was able to get service on a spinning chicken, 10 feet from my closed garage door while I was in the house.  The "base" unit was in the garage behind the closed steel door.  I find that amazing!

OhioEgger

I have the old original Meater and it has worked well for me.
But I have to say that I've only used for spinners. The reason I bought it was just that nothing else can work on a rotisserie so that's my only use for it.

I think it would work well for most cooks though.