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After using this thermometer for a few years, thought I'd give a long term use review.
While a handy device to have, this particular design falls short because of some fundamental flaws.
The primary flaw is User Interface - it's straight out of the 1970s. To try and and independently set alarms for either the smoker Hi/LO and or the food HI/LO is almost impossible to do correctly right out of the box. Even after using this thermometer for many years, I still have to consult the user guide to program the thing. With confusing controls - and only the ability to set temperature limits in the positive direction - miss your mark - you need to continue up until the thing wraps around and start again - it's just very frustrating to use.
But then, you're never sure if the alarm setting correctly takes effect. Strike one last year when I thought I had the thing programmed to alarm when my food hit 170 F. After setting my desired temp, I must have hit "reset" instead of confirm. Things looked ok - it was measuring my food temp accurately. But then a few hours later, I'm thinking "It should have hit my temp by now". Manually check sure enough - the food's at 190. One roast ruined.
Now second strike - Xmas day dinner. Standing Rib roast. Go through frustrating program of Food "Hi" limit - being extra careful to get it right at 120F. Check / verify all connections and probes. Wireless receiver is showing the correct oven temp, and roast temp. Checking at the halfway point - rotating the pan - temp's at 111 - almost there! 45 minutes later, "hmm - that seems long". Wireless receiver still shows 111 F for the roast. "That's odd" I think. Checking the roast, I happen to glance at the sending unit - it shows 134F!!!! Something went wrong between the sender and receiver - with the receiver stuck at some "old" value. Poor failure mechanism - it should show some kind of error value if it's not receiving properly.
This thermometer failed me too many times with its poor user interface and design control. Into the bin it goes while I look for new unit.
If you use this unit , plan on still manually verifying things on your own - often during the cooking session.
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