 Don't Smoke Brisket Slow & Low Without It |
| Review Date: October 11, 2005 |
| Reviewer: G. Gunderson, Portland, OR USA |
The wireless remote double sensor works great
For a 12-14 hour barbecue the RediChek is just the tool for the job. Four alarms are set, Smoking chamber too high, too low, food has reached temperature and time has elapsed.
It has made a big difference in the quality of my BBQ and it's saved me countless trips outside to check on temperature and progress. |
Great luck with mine - I love 'em
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| Review Date: July 15, 2004 |
| Reviewer: K. Cathey, Oklahoma |
| I bought two ET-73's when they first came out about a year ago. I have had excellent luck with mine. I use them almost every weekend as I do a lot of overnight cooking sessions in my smokers. I dangle the smoker probe down a lid vent in my Weber Smoky Mountain smoker, insert the meat probe in the meat de jour, let the temp get settled in, and go to bed. I put the receiver in the bedroom window about 80 feet from the patio, and very easily check meat and smoker temps throughout the night. There was recently a bad batch of ET-73's made their way out of the factory. Maverick is supplying outstanding customer support in replacing these units that are proving to be faulty in reception. |
A must have for those serious about Smoking Meat.
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| Review Date: August 13, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Barry Hill, Patterson, NY |
If you are serious about your smoking, this is a must have device. It will simultaneously give you the temp in your smoker and the temp of the meat you are smoking as well as remind you to refill your wood box, etc. I found that the built in thermometer on my smoker was off by almost 50 DEGREES! Simply using this device has improved the quality of my food dramatically. Correct temps are King.
Many people have commented on the fact that the transmitter on/off switch is under the battery door. There is a simple reason for this. The transmitter is waterproof! This is very handy for smoking in wet weather. That's why there are rubber o-rings inside the battery door and on the probe sockets. It's a sealed unit! If the switch was exposed, rain could get inside and fry the electronics. And really, how much trouble is it to open the door? You don't need tools, in fact I just opened mine in under 5 seconds. I would rather have the waterproof-ness, thank you!
The probes have worked very well for me with no reliability issues, then again I am very careful with my electronics. I drilled a small hole in my smoker for each probe and carefully inserted them from the back. I wouldn't just crush them in the door. Also note that these probes are for SMOKERS, not for BBQ grills. If you put one in a 500+ degree BBQ, I would expect it to stop working. I have a one or two smoking friends who have had probe issues and were sent FREE replacements in the mail by Maverick, just for calling. One snapped off his belt clip...totally his fault. Yet he called and was sent a free replacement. Who does that these days? I have heard nothing but rave reviews from my fellow smokers about Maverick Customer Service.
True, the range is limited...do not expect it to work from your backyard to the opposite end of your home. There are instructions available on the internet however that will show you how to mod your transmitter with an external antenna which doubles or even triples the range. This isn't much of an issue for me as I like to stay near my smoker anyway.
It is accurate. I have tested both probes using the ice water / boiling water test and they are dead on.
All in all, I won't smoke without it and give it 5-Stars. It has already become the "must have" toy on all the meat smoking forums!
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Only way to overnight for five years running
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| Review Date: May 26, 2009 |
| Reviewer: David Chandler, Atlanta, GA USA |
I bought this from Amazon five years ago, and have used it for 3-4 cooks each year over the last five years. It has performed flawlessly for the entire period and I can only recall having to change the batteries once in that time. When cooking a large brisket or pork butt overnight, I drop the lid probe in the open vent of my Weber smoker, hang the transmitter on a nail in my deck railing, set the low and high alarms in the receiver on my nightstand at 225 and 250, and go to sleep. Depending on how well I've judged the amount of fuel needed and set the vents, the receiver will beep me awake once or twice in the wee hours of the morning to make adjustments. That sure beats getting up every hour to check it before I got this little gem. I also use the food probe alarm later in the cook to let me know when it's done.
I hand wash the probes after each use to keep them shiny, and it continues to read as precisely and consistently as ever. My nightstand is only 10 feet from the transmitter, so I'm not exactly pushing the range (which is perhaps why I haven't needed many new batteries). But I'm pretty pleased that after five years, it works just as well as the day I got it, and has allowed me to get a lot more zzzzz's on the long cooks. |
Must-have BBQ accessory
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| Review Date: January 22, 2007 |
| Reviewer: J. Deuel, N. CA, Bay Area |
This unit is great for the low 'n' slow cookers. I wouldn't recommend it for the gas grill unless you're cooking turkeys and the like. I've used it a few times-once on a brisket, next on a 16 lb. prime rib, a couple of times on ribs (grill temp only), and last weekend on a couple of Boston butts. In each case, the thermo was dead-on and agreed with my Insta-Read. The prime rib was nerve wracking, because, at $240, it was the most expensive cut of meat I've ever cooked. Injected with 50/50 olive oil and Jack Daniels, it easily fed 12 people with leftovers. The alarm let me know when the internal temp hit 130, which was my time to pull it off the smoker.
As far as the remote goes, don't expect huge range out of it-maybe 30 feet through a single exterior wall. More'n likely, you'll be out checking the fire and grill temps anyway. What's great is not having to open the lid of the smoker to check temps. With the grill thermometer, you really start to understand how much the temp drops each time you open the lid, especially on cold days.
The investment in this unit will pay off in perfectly-cooked meats and avoiding the embarrassment of dry, overcooked Q. |
Its not just great for smoking
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| Review Date: March 26, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Bob Selzler, |
I've got a smoker but I'm also using the ET-73 on a Weber gas grill too for what I call "fast smoking". I put a large aluminum plate on top of the flavor bars that forces the flame heat to 2" gaps at the front and back of the grill so everything gets cooked indirect, even with the center burner on (though the plate gets pretty hot and throws quite a bit of radiant heat) I jam a chunk of smoke wood in between a couple of the flavor bars. Anway, this dual probe thermo is great for knowing how hot things are in the cooking zone directly above the plate and the food probe does what its supposed to do, tell me when everything is done! This Maverick does great at the higher grill temps too so when the need arises for a fast response meal and if your like me and you want to know what is going on temp wise in the cooker and in the meat this is the machine.
ps: I think a couple of the comments on here are from way before this unit was even available (early '07) so be aware of that |
Maverick Thermometer
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| Review Date: October 20, 2006 |
| Reviewer: David Knowlton, |
| This device is one of the most useful items I have ever bought. I smoke a lot of meat and also grill several times each week. Last week was icing on the cake. I was frying 4 turkeys for a church event and had the original thermometer and a candy thermometer in the grease once it became hot. The original thermometer was 50 degrees high and the candy thermometer was 25 degrees low. The maverick was right on. I will not grill or cook without it. You want make sure the meat is correctly cooked and this item is perfect for it. |
Handy barbecue tool
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| Review Date: January 11, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Terrence Bilancio, Bath,NY |
| This remote smoker thermometer works very well. We used it for a 5-hour project, and it provided accurate readings easily and clearly from the smoker ouside in the cold to inside the warm house. |
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