ThermoPro TP829 1000ft Wireless Meat Thermometer Digital for Grilling and Smoking, 4 Meat Probes Grill Thermometer for Outside Grill, BBQ Thermometer for Cooking Beef Turkey Smoker Accessories

I've literally tried dozens of meat thermometers, and what works best for my smoker is the ThermoPro TP 826B. It has the best design and the most features. I'm also a fan of wireless probe meat thermometers, but they can sometimes be unreliable for long smokes if the probe isn't fully charged. The TP 826B solves that and much more, it has advantages over even the best wireless probe meat thermometers.Most wireless meat thermometers require you use an "app", and both Wi-Fi and bluetooth. The TP826B transmits between the base and the remote with radio frequency or RF. This pretty much eliminates connectivity issues compared to bluetooth and even WiFi. It just works. With the TP 826B you don't need to download any apps, log in, sign up, or pair your phone. You don't need a phone whatsoever, I really, really like that! Also, you get a nice clear LCD for both the probe base and the large LCD remote that you can set near you, no having to turn on your phone to see the temp. Or, if you walk up to your smoker you can view the temps from the probe base, you don't have to carry the large display around. On the large LCD, there's an always displayed count down/count up timer in addition to the temperatures. The LCD is so easy to read, you can both monitor time and temp at a glance. Also, each probe has the ability to set alarms for both high and low temperatures in what they call "BBQ" mode. It's fantastic for monitoring meat that is done, that you need to rest. For example, when smoking a pork butt, and you've finally hit your high temperature alarm that you've set (195°F for mine), the meat needs to rest. You need to allow the pork to slowly cool down and relax, naturally, at its own pace. This thermometer is perfect for that. It takes the guesswork out of when the meat's ready to pull by allowing you to set a low temp alarm. No more guessing.It's easy to use too, with an intuitive design, and I like that fact that it uses AAA batteries instead of rechargeable batteries. I'm sick of having to charge everything in my life and make sure that it's charged. AAA batteries last a very long time in this device, but if they do happen to run out during a cook (not likely) all is not lost, you can easily replace them and not skip a beat. That goes for the probes as well, if one of the wired probes ever fails (outside the warranty), they are inexpensive and easy to replace. Overall, the TP 826B is pretty inexpensive for all it does. If I do ever buy another wireless probe, I'm buying ThermoPro's TP 862B. It's similar to the 826B with the same big LCD monitor but wireless probes. For now, the TP 826B is all I need.One tip, mind the probe wires, doing so will keep you from accidentally dropping the probe remote. When you are ready to start your cook, 1) place the meat in the cooker (wherever it will sit), 2) insert the probe into the meat, 3) plug into the remote. When your food is done, do the reverse, unplug the probe from the remote first before moving the hot item.To sum it up, this is a great tool that makes BBQ and smoking meat easier. ThermoPro thought of everything with this thermometer.

Wow! We got our first smoker at the beginning of this year. We got a less expensive one because we’ve never had one before and we’re not sure how much we would use it. It turned out, we use it a lot. We have had mixed success with various types of meat. The main reason seems to be that our smoker doesn’t keep as consistent a temperature as the higher quality ones. This resulted often in overcooked meat because I would have to manually check the temperature. Yesterday, I used this for the first time on two pieces of filet mignon parentheses (yes we tried that in the smoker). Due to being able to monitor the temperature so closely from inside the house, this was absolutely the best filet mignon I’ve ever made (after many times in a gas grille). The temperature reading was perfect. It was easy, and I couldn’t believe how good the meat turned out due to it being the exact perfect temperature. I may never will cook on the smoker without them again.

This is a really slick tool if you’re into cooking good food or especially if you’re into barbecue. The four probes are very handy either for doing multiple pieces of meat or how are used them to check either side of a brisket and to check the grate temperature side to side in the cooker.The range is excellent, it broadcast through a garage door, a garage wall and into the house without any issues whatsoever. Unlike the multiple wireless Bluetooth ones that I have if there’s anything in the way obstructing the path of the signal, it has a tendency to drop out.The instructions are a little confusing, which is typical for a device like this but once you figure out the button sequence, everything works smoothly.The photo is of a brisket that cooked for 24 1/2 hours. Easily nailed the temperature and the tenderness and now it’s sitting in a warming oven for 12 hours.

Amateur smoker here. Purchased this for its affordable price point. Originally planned on getting one of those fancy no wire Bluetooth probes but figure I'd rather spend that money on getting some meat that I'd probably mess up anywaysVery easy to use but haven't figured it all out yet. I think it came with a guide but I haven't been bothered enough to use it. I'm sure it's accurate. I have those boring analog oven gauges sitting on both sides of my smoker with about a 50° difference between hot and cold sideFor my last cook, I did violently throw some short ribs in the smoker and set up prong#1 on one of those little clips and set it in the middle of the smoker. Being the Amateur that I am, I didn't add 2 or 3 into anything until I thought it was done but boy was I wrong. #2 went into some ribs on the hot side and #3 went into ribs on the cold sideIf you've actually read this far then here's a complaint. I wish it came with a case. Kind of sucks to toss it back in the box but that's no problem. Easy to set up and use. I feel like an ipad kid when I have the smoker churning out mediocre meat, just lugging it around with me wherever I go. 9.5/10 would buy again if it craps out on me someday