BAFX Products (TM) - Wireless Grilling / Barbeque Meat Thermometer will the display work without the probe being in meat
1978331
When batteries are installed it will come on but not register a temp. Gives you the desired temp for each possible meat.
366615
Yes, as long as you don't immerse the plastic top. Like other reviewers, the top to mine has come off several times when the probe is removed from the meat. I contacted the seller, but no response. It works fine, but does have a problem.
1986836
Be careful that the cord from the probe does not touch the rack. That will give you a false high reading--high enough to take the thermometer out of its range--and cause the probe to fail prematurely.
2142395
With the new PID controller, it does come with a meat thermometer. The old style controller does not come with one.
1986831
I'm not sure but so far I'm only getting about 1 year of use out of my temp probes, both the meat and unit temp. I contacted Maverick about this because it is a definite problem with their probes shorting out and they basically told me "too bad". If they malfunction AFTER the 90 day warranty you are screwed. I wish I could give them a bunch of far reaching bad press about this because it is the way these things are manufactured and they won't acknowledge the problem and make them where the cables are moisture proof.
1460060
I believe you can, and you might not need to even buy another meat probe. You might get away with using that bbq temp sensor. I'll have to try that sometime. IF they're the same type of meat, and you're using a heat diffuser, all the pieces of meat should finish at the same time. IF they're different types of meat, you could use they meat probe on the faster cooking meat. Once it hits its temp, remove the meat and put the meat probe into the slower cooking meat. Just some suggestions.
1362381
I don't see why you couldn't- the probes come out of the base and that transmits to the handheld thermometer.. You will need a shelf or a stand or something near the smoker that you can put that base on - obviously outside the smoker where it's not hot... Since the temps are usually low when smoking I don't think you'll need to worry too much about the internal heat affecting the probe or wire - it will be the placement of the base will be your issue..hope that makes sense?
1693262
Not for this model. You may want a different model for that purpose.You would like to see this model:Weber 6741 Style Dual Probe Wireless Thermometer
1453904
Yes the temperature sensor is close to the tip of the probe, but you want to make sure that you are inserting the probe into the center of the meat. It is important to make sure that you are reading the center of the meat where it sometimes isn't cooked all the way through. Hope this helps! :)
1637008
I've confirmed you can purchase replacement probes from Thermoworks that work with this unit. Any probe designed for their ChefAlarm will work interchangeably with this device. I have both and confirmed it myself. I've switched the probe for ChefAlarm and OXO chef and they both respond the same with temperature. http://www.thermoworks.com/products/alarm/chefalarm.html
2097603
The cable is designed to be exposed to the heat. I've used mine in both the expected environment and on the Barbie. The unit has worked flawlessly. Just how is the unit "failing"? If the meat you're cooking is bone-in you need to be careful not to allow the probe to touch the bone. (Bone conducts heat more efficiently than meat and will yield a false reading leading to insufficiently cooked meat.
175457
Hi Stony - I am with BAFX Products Support. How far away you can use the thermometer from the object you are temping is really completely dependent on what object you are temping, how big the object is, ambient temp compared to the object being measured and how accurate you are trying to be. Obviously the closer you can be to the object the more accurate it will be in most cases. What I can say for certain is that unless you are measuring a very large object with a high temperature it likely is not going to give very good readings at 20', not many IR thermometers will. To better assist you in your decision making process it may be helpful to know that the D:S ratio on this thermometer is 12:1. This means that at a distance of 12 inches from the object you are temping the thermometer will be taking a reading from the area of about a 1 inch circle. At 36" you will be reading the area of a 24" circle etc etc etc. The further you move away from the object the less accurate it will become. At the 20' you mentioned you would be temping an area of about 20" or almost 2 feet big, plus in this case you will likely then run into the issue of IR heat from other objects you do not intend to measure interfering with the reading as well. I hope this information helps some. If we can be of further assistance please contact us directly through the Amazon messaging system for a faster response as we are not always able to see responses that are posted in this Q&A area in a timely manner. Sincerely, BAFX Products Support
1442197
Sure you can. Works like a charm. Set it and alarm will beep on temp. Nice machine. The wire can over heat in the BBQ tho. Learning exp. just get new probe. And also be careful not to pull by the wire. It possibly might pull out and not work after. Pull by the solid probe! �
1501825
Yes. The Remote Smoker and sensors for both the MEAT & the SMOKER. Wireless BBQ is just for meat.
1446898
Only put the probe in the smoker. My 1st thermometer was off by 50 degrees! I had to exchange it. The 2nd was only off a few degrees.
2144051
My meat thermometer is a TruTemp. I Goolged you model. This website, http://www.acurite.com/digital-cooking-thermometer-00994w.html sells a replacement. I will say this: The Specs on your model are the same as mine and the probe looks the same. I would guess it would be OK. Best of Luck!
907458
Yes, this could be used as a thermometer display. When below 100F it shows down to the tenths place. Just wire up 3 and 4 to 120v ac, connect the probe to 5 and 6, and leave terminals 1 and 2 disconnected.