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I rarely use it. Don’t get me wrong, it works great as a thermometer. The idea of using ambient temperature to estimate remaining cooking time is kinda gimmicky as it’s not too accurate. Probe is really think and needs to be inserted pretty far. I usually find myself grabbing my FireBoard.

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I have owned the Meater Block since first production. When it is right it is great. I had more bad runs than good . The base operates on four double A batteries. tthese batteries are good for 50 hours. That's usually in the middle of the third brisket cook at 3 AM. The block must be very near the cooker or it loses connection. TThe block operates through the I phone, drains phone battery before cook is finished.
I still own the Meater but have been using a Thermoworks SMOKE 4x for last 6 months, much easier to cook overnighters with Thermoworks.

I have the Meater block and bought it specifically to use with my rotisserie. That´s when I use it OR for some open fire cooks or cooks where I don´t want wires to get in the way. In the end I prefer my Fireboard OR just a simple Thermapen. The Block works fine for me, I always power it from a power bank. The cooking time calculation isn´t always correct but that´s more because of how I´m using it. When I used it in my kettle, it was pretty accurate though.

I have the block and it works fine. The cooking algorithms are pretty good. Sometimes a probe will lose connection with the block, but ost times it works well. I also have a ThermoWorks smoke but I use my thermapen more than anything these days


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I have the Meater +

The probe goes in to meat in my BGE.
The base is on the side of the fridge (about 25 feet apart)
The base works as a bluetooth extender.
I use an old iPad to connect the bluetooth.
If I need to, I can then use my phone to connect to WIFI via the iPad.

I've had great luck. Just ignore the "time remaining".
I do like that it tells you to pull from cooker a couple of degrees shy of the target as it is going to continue to rise during the rest.

I have a meater block and several thermoworks products (3x MK4's, a smoke with the wifi add-on, and a 4-channel signals). Honestly, the mk4's gets used more than anything, which is why I keep one with my stove stuff, my grilling stuff, and my smoker stuff. I actually like the meater software better than the thermoworks on my phone when monitoring the cook remotely over wifi (less connection losses imo), so I use it the most. I also love not having wires coming out of my smoker. However, the probes are much harder to clean after a cook (though my standards may be high for some), especially if using the metal numbered clips that tell you which probe it is at a glance. Another gripe with the meater is the probe thickness - leaves a noticeable probe hole after the cook, whereas the thermoworks probes do not. One last gripe is the pit temp sensor on the outside of the probe... Despite my meticulous cleaning, I find that its response to oven temp to be slow. It typically under reports my pit temp for about an hour by 10+ degrees, and then slowly asmytotes to the correct temp. Despite my complaints listed, if I found another one on sale, I would buy another, because I'm planning on upgrading my pellet smoke to a big offset in the next year and want to be able to track many different pieces at once. I actually often use all 4 meater block probes and a few thermoworks probes (the signals - the wifi connection on the smoke is more painful than its worth) together on some larger cooks already.