Thermometer wars
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LMichaels
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
IDK you would need to tell us
Jon Tofte
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The Thermopop is a very nice tool. It's a way to get an affordable instant read from the top brand. The TP19-H is an attempt to offer the usefulness of the full-size Thermapen at a very low price. Is it as good as the Theremapen? No, and definitely not as good as the Thermapen One. But it IS a good thermometer and a fantastic deal for what you get. I have said before that, truthfully, it is all most of us would really ever need. (Want is another story! 
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The big edge I see in the TP19-H is the longer probe and larger size that seems less likely to be awkward to use.
)The big edge I see in the TP19-H is the longer probe and larger size that seems less likely to be awkward to use.
Rich Dahl
R.I.P. 7/21/2024
I have three thermopops in use and two new ones I bought on thermoworks sales. Also a classic thermopen all of which have be totally reliable. The pops are 3-4 years old and get used a lot I have two outside for the grills and one inside along with the thermopen. All still have their original batteries.
Yeah my Thermopop has worked fine. I picked up a couple more when they had that crazy 11 or 12 dollar sale at the end of the year. One went to an office party secret Santa and the other is still on my shelf as a backup or a future gift to someone
Rich Dahl
R.I.P. 7/21/2024
I did the same picked up four more for gifts Etc. At that price I couldn't say no.
Dave_C
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Update! My Therm Pro is still working 2 years after I left it out all night in the cold rain!
Bob Bailey
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Got my TP19H a few years ago when $20 was a good deal. I can't see needing anything faster and the accuracy is spot on.
Another bargain I got last year was the Inkbird INT-11P-B wireless thermometer. With a coupon and an Amazon promo, got it for $29.99 + tax. Keep both of them stuck to the side of the fridge.
Another bargain I got last year was the Inkbird INT-11P-B wireless thermometer. With a coupon and an Amazon promo, got it for $29.99 + tax. Keep both of them stuck to the side of the fridge.
Bruno
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Good info, I had my eye on those.
That's one of those Bluetooth connected units? If it is, the current Amazon listing is just screaming RED FLAG at me. "Unlimited Bluetooth Range!" In a pig's eye.......
DanHoo
TVWBB Olympian
I cannot recommend meater plus. I have two.
Pros:
They haven't failed.
Cons:
1) I have to use a tablet running within 10 feet of the meater plus blocks. If I try to connect them to my phone they constantly disconnect and reconnect or I have to leave my phone within 10 to 15 feet of the blocks. With a tablet plugged into wall power and set to not sleep it will maintain a connection with the blocks so that's a viable workaround, but still a pain.
2) temp accuracy is "slow"
Internal temps lag 5 to 15 degrees from a TW smoke probe. I see this when doing a pork shoulder and the cook goes into a stall. Eventually the meater temp will catch up to the meat temp on the TW smoke, but it is at least 15, maybe as much as 45 minutes late reaching same the stall temp on the TW smoke. I work around this by setting target alarm temps on the meater plus to be 10 degrees below what it should be.
3) ambient temp is always way off on the low side. It could be proximity to the protein, but it is always wrong when compared to a TW smoke ambient probe or compared to the Tel-Tru thermometer on the lid of my BGE. I do not use nor trust the ambient temp at all.
I rarely use the meater probes any more. I liked that I could graph cooks and save them for later reference. I like that they will work for rotisserie, but given the temp accuracy I really do not trust them so they sit in a drawer most of the time.
( edited for typo's and clarity )
LMichaels
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
It's Bluetooth AND WIFI. When in close range it's supposed to switch over to BT for faster response. When it works................best thing since sliced bread. I REALLY love it. I will see how their support is or if they're just gonna sing from the book about "disable 5Ghz WIFI and all the other BS so many WIFI appliance makers sing". It worked fine since last year with no issues then within the last 3 weeks began going flaky. Nothing in re to my WIFI, my Bluetooth devices or anything else has changed. Only the unit quit connecting automatically. I have to do a full factory reset on it every time I try to use it, and then the probe batteries go down the drain REALLY fast
LMichaels
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
Yeah same here. I bought 4 of them. MEH because they're BT only. Get a few feet away and signal is lost
Bob Bailey
TVWBB Gold Member
The only complaint with the Inkbird is the ambient starts out reading quite low. It does improve as the cook progresses and is pretty accurate at the end. I understand that's par for the coarse with this type of thermometer. Outside of that, it's worked really well.
LMichaels
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
Not the fault of the thermometer but it's proximity to the meat. When you first place it in the grill the meat will be cold and the sensor will pick up on that. As it cooks further along moisture then comes out and of course there is evaporative "cooling". Once all that subsides you will then see more accurate readings
Both Bluetooth *AND* WiFi? That'll suck down batteries.
I live for the day that some script reading weenie is gonna tell me that I need to start changing parameters and attributes in my home networking. "Unless you've got 20 years in networking field experience, this conversation is going nowhere. I'm running just short of enterprise grade hardware. I suggest that you either figure out how to skip around this section, or escalate to someone who can have a technical discussion."
Meanwhile, I'd be thinking "I could explain it to you, but I don't have the time and I don't have the crayons."