Others say...

"Lousy range"
Nice features, lousy results.

The range in my dual probe therm is at most 20 feet with unrestricted sight lines. The probe will constantly lose it's signal which will force me to walk the remote back into range or have to reset it altogether. It is a complete pain in the rear to use.

The first probe died in it's second use ( I am experienced with these and was careful not to kink the line, get it too hot, or get it wet).

The quality control of this product is severely lacking, and I should have sent it back for a refund. Some people have had good results with this therm, but probably just as many or more were like me.

Maverick should be ashamed of this product. I would not recommend it to anyone.

I gave it 2 stars because it was a great idea.

"Must-have BBQ accessory"
This unit is great for the low 'n' slow cookers. I wouldn't recommend it for the gas grill unless you're cooking turkeys and the like. I've used it a few times-once on a brisket, next on a 16 lb. prime rib, a couple of times on ribs (grill temp only), and last weekend on a couple of Boston butts. In each case, the thermo was dead-on and agreed with my Insta-Read. The prime rib was nerve wracking, because, at $240, it was the most expensive cut of meat I've ever cooked. Injected with 50/50 olive oil and Jack Daniels, it easily fed 12 people with leftovers. The alarm let me know when the internal temp hit 130, which was my time to pull it off the smoker.

As far as the remote goes, don't expect huge range out of it-maybe 30 feet through a single exterior wall. More'n likely, you'll be out checking the fire and grill temps anyway. What's great is not having to open the lid of the smoker to check temps. With the grill thermometer, you really start to understand how much the temp drops each time you open the lid, especially on cold days.

The investment in this unit will pay off in perfectly-cooked meats and avoiding the embarrassment of dry, overcooked Q.

"Handy barbecue tool"
This remote smoker thermometer works very well. We used it for a 5-hour project, and it provided accurate readings easily and clearly from the smoker ouside in the cold to inside the warm house.

"Works fine for me"
I cannot comment yet on the probe issue as the other reviewer wrote. I have done 4 smokes with it over the past 2 weeks, and it works fine so far. I use the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker, a.k.a. the Weber "Bullet".

I really like not having to keep going out and checking the temps on the cooker. I can be elsewhere (like inside watching the game), watch the monitor and relax.

The temperature seems to correlate well with other thermometers I have. I stopped using my instant read thermometer.

The alarm function works well. You can set temp alarms for the cooker and the meat, both minimums and maximums. If the temp goes outside of the range, then it will ping you. Since my cooker runs cooler, I set my lower alarm temp just a bit lower than my desired cook temperature. So if it really does lose temperature, then the thing pings me. This avoids getting intermittent pings when the temp hovers right at the lower end. It also has a timer, which is helpful.

Four things I would change if I could:

1. The cable lengths are OK, but they could be longer. For my cooker, I usually have a little side table beside it. But some people might find the cables just a bit too short.

2. The so-called "belt clip" on the receiver is weak. It fell off my belt 2-3 times, so now I don't clip it on.

3. The box in which the thermometer comes isn't so great for repackaging. If you don't use the box again, this isn't a worry. If I was designing it, I would not make everything so compact. Maybe that's why the first reviewer's probe went bad, trying to cram everything back in the box.

4. The manual is only OK. I am pretty tech savvy, so it wasn't too much of a problem to figure out what it was trying to explain. But some might find it lacking.

But I'd recommend purchasing it, especially if you are more than just a novice smoker.

"Disappointed"
I have owned this thermometer for just under a year, used it maybe 10 times and the meat probe no longer works. I called Maverick and they said the probe is burned-out and must be replaced, for twelve bucks! They said that this is about the normal life of a probe.

The transmitter and remote do work well, but you will have to replace the meat probe often.