Maverick RediChek Remote Wireless Smoker Thermometer

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Product Features

• Remote, wireless smokehouse/meat thermometer
• Monitor smokehouse/meat temperatures from 100 feet away
• Can be used with oven or grill; batteries included
• Alarm sounds if temperature drops too low or jumps too high
• 4 by 2-1/2 by 1 inches; imported

Product Details

Product Manual [97kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 1.1 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000DIU49
• Item model number: ET-73
• Batteries: 4 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,601 in Kitchen & Dining (See Bestsellers in Kitchen & Dining)

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Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Smoking meat and fish properly can take days. So, rather than going out to the smoker to check the temperature time and time again, simply install a RediChek Remote Wireless Smoker Thermometer and rest at ease. This handy thermometer monitors smoker air temperature and food temperature from up to 100 feet away. And, if the temperature drops too low or jumps too high, the RediChek alarm goes off, so there are no spoiled batches-just certainty that every batch of smoked salmon is perfection. The RediChek can also be used with an oven or grill for peace of mind while baking, barbecuing, and broiling and for fewer trips to the kitchen. Best of all, the RediChek is wireless, so installation is a snap. Your purchase includes four AAA batteries for out-of-box use. --Brian Olson

Product Description

Wireless Smoker Thermometer tells the cook the internal temperature of the smoker and the internal temperature of the foods being cooked in the smoker from up to 100 feet away.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent Product , September 15, 2004

By	J. Risch - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am an avid griller, BBQ'er and Smoker (year rounder, competitions, 15 pound meats etc...). I purchased this product after enjoying using the Williams/Sonoma remote probe temperature gage for quite some time. I now believe that a remote temperature gage is a must.

This particular product works as advertised and I am happy with it. I would describe it as average, nothing special. It seems to work well, has a decent transmitting distance (although I hear there was a bad batch out there that were very weak). The digits are large and easily readable in a glance. The alarm couldn't be louder. The back light is bright. And the probes seem high quality that will last a while.

However, it has a few annoying traits: 1) The on/off switch on the Transmitter is located behind the battery door which means you have to take off the battery door to access it, not a huge problem as the door access screw only takes a quick half turn with a penny or fingernail. 2) Setting the Food and Smoker alert levels is also an annoying as the device only has one "adjust" button that scrolls up one degree at a time. This means that if you currently have a 180 degree setting (beef well done) and wish to change it to 140 degrees (beef rare) you must scroll the digits past the max setting 370 degrees (who cooks anything to this temperature?) around to the minimum setting, and if you miss it or forget to push enter you have to go all the way around again. It reminds me of the early digital alarm clock radios where if you passed 7 AM wake up time you had to go all the way past 7 PM to get back to 7 AM. The feature can be VERY annoying, especially since most other remote probes have both and UP and DOWN buttons, but they don't have the smoker temperature probe that this one does.

Overall I'd buy another one but I wouldn't pay too much for it.

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great device for Smokers; Grillers and other Cooks, October 24, 2004

By	Hot Smoker (Upstate, NY) - See all my reviews

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This is a must for serious and amatuer BBQers and cooks. This device not only measures the meat temperature, but most importantly the cooking temperature; it also has a timer. I've been using this with my Bradley Smoker for two months now, and have been receiving excellent results. I am satified with the transmission distance. Like with most radio devices, reception depend on what the signal has to travel through to get to the receiver. Also, as for myself, if I place the receiver too near my computer, it will not receive a signal.

Comments: As mentions in another post, setting the meat, and smoker maximum and minimum temperatures can get annoying, but you don't have to select one diget at a time. Holding the button down, you quickly scroll to the temperature you want. The alarm needs to be louder; but it is adequate if you are near the receiver. For smokers, whose cooking time may take twelve hours or more, battery life may be a problem. If there is a battery failure you need to reset the system, after installing fresh ones. Maverick customer support is excellent. My meat probe failed and they sent me one out immediately.

I give it 4 out of 5 stars, because I feel the documentation that accompany the ET-73 could better, there should be up down buttons to adjust temperature settings, and a belt clip should be included.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So far so good, July 12, 2005

By	J. Elizondo - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Although it is still quite new (I've used it on four 15-hour smokes) it works great for smoking.

I'd have to say that it looks/feels more like a gadget than a robust measuring instrument but so far it has worked fine.

Its design can be improved though. The transmitter on/off switch is ver difficult to reach; every time you want to turn the thing on or off you have to remove the stand and then open the battery compartment to access the switch, whereas in the receiver, the on/off switch is easily accessible on the back of the unit.

You cannot easily change the alarms to a lower temperature; you can only increase the setting, so to change to a lower temperature you have to cicle past the topmost temp and start from the bottom.

As far as reception range goes it does not go too far if walls are in the way.

You have to handle with care the probes' braided wires, specially were they exit the smoker.

Tip: I place a baby monitor transmiter right next to the thermometer receiver and the baby monitor receiver close to where I am; that way I can always hear the Hi/low temp alarms thru the monitor. Warning: you should never leave a fired-up grill unatended and be very carefull when leaving a smoker unaunattended.

The competing thermometer (from Poulder) has received very bad reviews here in Amazon. Let's see how this one turns out as time goes by. If you do not hear from me on a follow-up review, it means the gizmo is still working fine.