Meater

[scdub]

Hi All,

Just wanted to alert you fine folks to a device that I think is pretty nifty.

It’s called the “Meater” and it’s a WiFi thermometer that’s used to cook more accurately - primarily meats.

I’m not usually a fan of high-tech kitchen gadgets, but my buddy got me one - specifically the “Meater Plus” - for Christmas last year and I’ve done quite a bit of cooking with it so far.

It’s essentially a fancy thermometer, but you insert it into a piece of meat before cooking, then leave it in while the meat is cooking at a low oven temp (~250F).

It reads both the internal temperature of the meat as well as the oven temperature, and this allows the Meater app on your your phone to calculate the time until it will be up to temperature. It alerts you when it’s at your target temperature (you can set this or just use the suggested temp), and then you remove the meat, let it rest for a couple of minutes, remove the thermometer, then “reverse sear” in a pan or on the grill.

It’s been essentially 100% so far and I’ve been very impressed. I’m much more comfortable now buying nicer cuts of meat because I’m confident I won’t screw them up.

Anyway I’m not affiliated or anything, it’s just been a good product for me.

Anyone else using one of these?

How do you like it?

 

[ibute21]

I’m a fan of the ThermoWorks Signals and the probes (actually almost everything ThermoWorks puts out. But I’m not going to lie, the cord free/app based stuff really has me interested.
I didn’t realize that it used both meat temp and oven/pit temp to calculate the cook time. That is pretty nifty. I’ll keep an eye out.

 

[3fifty7]

I received 2 Meater devices for Father’s Day. Hopefully I’ll try them out soon, they were a bit more expensive than I expected.

 

[pngeezer]

I’ve had a Meater for a while now and it’s just OK. The basic premise of being wireless with dual temps is fine. The negatives are that your mobile phone has to be within 10’ or less to keep the signal, and it’s very hard to get a remote signal when you try to piggy back to another device over wi-fi. Also, it only works for large cuts of meat and not for ribs. I’ve subsequently bought a dual temp wired unit to use in the smoker.

Jim

 

[scdub]

I’ve had a Meater for a while now and it’s just OK. The basic premise of being wireless with dual temps is fine. The negatives are that your mobile phone has to be within 10’ or less to keep the signal, and it’s very hard to get a remote signal when you try to piggy back to another device over wi-fi. Also, it only works for large cuts of meat and not for ribs. I’ve subsequently bought a dual temp wired unit to use in the smoker.

Jim

I just looked it up and apparently the difference between the original “Meater” and the “Meater Plus” is that the Plus adds a base station that boosts the reception distance. I haven’t had any signal problems once I moved the base station away from the microwave as that was causing interference…

It would be nice if it was thin enough for ribs and smaller cuts of meat…

 

[l1ranger]

I've had a Meater Plus for a few years and I like it for smoking/grilling and some oven use. It does have the limitations as noted on distance. Mine works in the half of the house closest to my smoker, if I have to go to the bedroom or bathroom, it disconnects. It does easily reconnect when it is back in range.

It does not fit in ribs, but I don't need an internal temp on ribs. If I'm cooking a larger piece of meat also, I'll put the thermometer in it to monitor smoker temps. If just doing ribs, I'll stick it in a big potato to monitor smoker temps.

last Christmas I recieved a Meatstick Wifi Bridge set. it comes with two probes, one charger, the wifi bridge, and a case.
it works much like the Meater, but with the wifi bridge, you can connect to your wireless and then track temps from anywhere with an internet connection.
downside, the bridge has no internal battery. it has to be plugged in to work. I don't have an outdoor outlet near my grill, so I used my Stanley Portable Power Station to plug in the usb and keep the wireless bridge powered.

I use charcoal and wood, and my favorite part about both of these units is that you can set alarms for cook temperature so if the temps get too high or too low, it will give you a notification so you can adjust as needed to maintain temps.

I would recommend either, but if your like me and you are typically doing other things around the house while the smoker is running, the meatstick may offer more useability. i think Meater also offers a wifi extender package as well.