Any True Wireless Meat Probes?

[Laurentius]

9 hours ago, Shel_B said:

Range? I have a very small kitchen and apartment, so, unless I'm grossly ignorant on this point, range is essentially a non-issue.

 

According to my SIL, the Meater struggles to extend beyond a couple feet beyond her oven.

[Shel_B]

2 hours ago, Laurentius said:

According to my SIL, the Meater struggles to extend beyond a couple feet beyond her oven.

Not a concern.  I'd most likely place the receiver on the stove or the adjacent counter. Distance from the oven would be inches.

[Laurentius]

1 hour ago, Shel_B said:

I'd most likely place the receiver on the stove or the adjacent counter.

 

This doesn't exactly refute the argument for wirelessness, but it doesn't help much, either.

 

I would take Porthos's suggestion for Smoke (or Signals), and deal with the cable.  What you wouldn't be getting is the predictive features, but those aren't important to you anyway.

 

I have a 4-channel base (ThermaQ2), but I've never run more than 2 probes at a time in an oven or BBQ.  Having both a penetration probe and an air probe is usually a good idea, and two cables snaking out I find manageable.

 

Have fun and report back.

[Laurentius]

Since the recent merger of threads, it's amusing that in 2013, Gulleteers were wondering if any such thing could exist.

 

Now, in 2024, there are several different wireless insertables that are quite robust.  I think they're nearing the point of being completely debugged.

 

Where will we be in another 11 years?  Personally, I'd like to see wireless contact and air probes, too.

[Alex]

I thought all meat was wireless. At least I hope so.

[&roid]

I’ve had a combustion inc setup for a good while now and would definitely recommend them. 
 

My views on ownership to date, bad news first as it is far outweighed by the good:

 

cons

I’ve had a probe die on me, two in fact. One was an issue with updating, the other caused by a baked potato forcing the prob out and exposing the more delicate internals at the tip to a 400F oven. 

the app is still missing a couple of features I’d like - there’s no easy way to start a new cook in it, you have to put the probe back in a charger, wait a bit for it to shut down then force close the app. Also there’s no logbook feature for cooks, I’ve resorted to screenshotting the graphs and saving them in apple notes when I want to do this.   
 

Pros

 

Way more good than bad.
 

the product itself is very, very good. Predictions work well

in most situations and the safe cook addition is hugely helpful. I can’t overstate how useful having a totally wireless solution is, it means I use the kit at least twice as often as I would do if I had to deal with a spaghetti of cabling every time. 

the app might not yet be 100% perfect but it has improved rapidly and is constantly getting new features. It’s fast, responsive and looks better than competitors. It can easily switch between a simple basic interface and a super detailed geeky view. 

 

Customer support is about the best I’ve experienced. Any issues get dealt with very quickly and they’ve been superb sorting me out when my probe died. I’ve had direct answers from Chris Young here and on their really good Reddit channel. 
 

they’ve just released gen 2 kit which adds WiFi connectivity and some other goodies. 
 

@Shel_B, if the price is within reach I would definitely buy a CPT - true wireless, great features and backed up by great service. It does what you need and does it way better than things like meater. 

[TdeV]

Went to the website to see, turns out they've got a 15% Xmas discount sale going on now. https://combustion.inc/