Are thermoworks cooking probes accurate as air probes? (Signals)

[frayedend]

Just got the Signals for my birthday. It has 3 cooking/meat probes and only 1 air probe. I'd like to use this to measure the temp in different parts of my offset (LSG 20x42). Is there any reason the meat probes shouldn't be used in just air? I'm wondering if accuracy is a problem if they are designed for contact with meat.

In any case I do have an extra air probe from my Smoke that I can use. But I really want to test 4 places at once.

 

[sandro]

They're the same probe, only with a different shape AFAIK

 

[tom b]

Yes, it will work. A piece of potato or onion work well as a holder

 

[SmoothBoarBBQ]

I recall someone reaching out to Thermworks about this and they responded that both probes function in a similar manner. The meat probes are thinner (at least at the end where the temperature measurement is taken), so it will change faster. The ambient probes are thicker so they aren't quite as quick to respond to changes in temperature. But they did say that both probes would be interchangeable as they would both work as meat probes and ambient probes.

So yeah you can definitely use a meat probe as an ambient temp probe. I've done it before and used half a lemon or a half an onion to hold the probe in place.

 

[frayedend]

Thanks for the replies. Glad I don't have to buy more probes.