Maverick Remote-Check ET-7 Wireless Thermometer with 2 Probes

This is a great tool for BBQing. You can watch the temp of two different kinds of meat at the same time. Very acurate and easy to use. Our food came out so tender and not charred, and we were inside watching TV!

I bought a high-end Cookshack smoker several months ago. It is a wonderful product, but did not come with a temperature probe. Opening the door while smoking can adversely affect what you cook, so this wireless thermometer with two, independent probes seemed like exactly what I needed to fill that gap. And it was, for the few weeks it lasted... The first probe died after only three uses despite that I never cranked the unit above 225 degrees. It wasn't the thermometer or remote unit, as the other probe worked fine in either port and the receiver was perfectly synched with the base unit, but for some reason the probe began registering a temperature some sixty degrees off reality. The second probe worked for eight uses before dying as well. Rather then trying to replace the probes tossed this piece of junk and picked up a competitor's product. The TruTemp unit comes with only one probe and no remote, but it was half the price and has lasted three months with no problems. Sadly the Maverick has a great concept, one I really wish had worked, but without sufficient quality or reliability it does not succeed with it. I doubt that I will ever purchase their products again. Just can't trust 'em...

I ordered this to go with my new Big Green Egg...after reading some of the reviews on wireless thermometers I liked the idea of one probe in the meat and one on the cooking surface to accurately measure cooking temp.

After receiving and experimenting with the Maverick ET-7 I found that:
1 - with both probes plugged in and reading the same temperature, they were 2 degrees different
2 - "instant read" took at LEAST 45 seconds and many times longer
3 - it was very DIFFICULT to get the wireless unit to sync to the base
3 - if you turn the unit off you have to reset the clock!

Reading the product reviews always helps me so I hope this helps with your decision.

I have had no problems and this works well for what I need...I would buy again. Note: You don't want to kink the braided thermocouple wire or it will break wire internally and leave you with a direct short...If you do not kink these wires it should last for several years!

I first tested the product with boiling water, then cold to determine how accurate. No problem there, accurate to the degree and when used was very easy to read and program.