BBQ9 Bamboo Dual-Probe Wireless Thermometer

This wifi-based wireless meat thermometer is such a handy tech tool in the kitchen! It requires a bit of set up: charging the probes (USB-C to USB cord included) for 15 minutes; downloading the free app (easy); pairing the probe to your phone (easy); setting your target temp on the base (super duper easy).

The point of this gadget and why it's better than an instant read -- the probes are wireless and you can insert them into raw meat at the beginning of your cook time and leave them there up to 15 hours. So you don't have to keep opening the oven to insert the meat thermometer in the middle of your bake. In the app you select the meat & cut and it makes recommendations for temp and associated doneness (rare, medium rare, etc.) . While your meat is cooking, you can monitor (on your phone) the internal temp of the meat in real time. It alerts you when it hits your target temp. No guessing.

The ceramic and metal probes are very sturdy, simple to insert into the meat, easy to clean and seems very accurate to me. I cooked 2 steaks to 146 and it was just the way we liked it. I started on the stove top and finished in a 450-degree oven. Turned out great with no guess work at all. Love that that charging base has a magnetic back to attach to any metal surface in your kitchen.

I think this will be ideal for expensive cuts of meat like prime rib roast at Christmas, when the stakes are high and you don't want to mess it up. But it's easy enough to use it for every day meals.

This meat thermometer is so easy to use it to accept to Wi-Fi so you don't have to worry about having wires everywhere and it goes directly to your phone. It comes in a wooden box so you can always keep track of it and it doesn't get messed up.

My dad loves prime rib, so he'll tend to request that I make it for the family often when I am visiting, but the way that I roast it involves running the oven at a pretty low temperature for ideally something like four hours (but also ideally timed to finish when we're planning to have our big family dinner), so it tends to take a bit of babying of the oven temperature over much of the day and keeping an eye on how quickly the roast is cooking the whole time. I've generally used probe thermometers for this, which are always a bit awkward to feed out from the oven, and it's especially annoying to always have to walk over to the oven throughout the cooking process when using a probe thermometer that doesn't have any kind of wireless transmission. This set is really neat because it provides all of the information that you need on the side of the wood holder / charger (although everything is a bit small), and you can also connect it to your WiFi network so that you can get the readouts on your phone anywhere in the house. The black and white ends of the probe make them a lot easier to distinguish compared to some other wireless thermometers I've seen where the probes just have a different number of black bands on them and are otherwise all silver. I can't wait to use this for poultry on Thanksgiving (I'll monitor the temperature of both the breasts and the dark meat) and for our future prime rib roasts.

Quick Facts:
Number of Probes: 2
Internal Sensors per Probe: 5 shaft sensors, 1 ambient sensor
Base Station Power: USB-C rechargeable
Connectivity: Sub-1G (probe to base), 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi (base to network)
Base Station Mounting: Integrated magnets

I got this wireless meat thermometer set to replace a wireless thermometer of a well-known brand that died after several years of regular use. This set comes with two separate thermometers, so if you have somebody who wants medium-rare and some savage who wants well-done, you can accommodate both. In terms of construction, this is very similar to that well-known name brand, with one major difference being that the base station charges via USB-C, whereas the name brand required batteries in the base. It also has the advantage of connecting the base to your home Wi-Fi network, allowing you to monitor it from any room without worrying about losing a Bluetooth signal. The app walked through the process, and initial Wi-Fi setup took about 2 minutes.

One thing that sets it apart from that name brand model is that you can actually monitor it from the base station without needing to use the app, although you do lose the ability to hear it in other rooms. The display on the magnetic base station is very clear and easy to read. In the attached picture, it looks like the temperature is 13 degrees; this is because the display flickers on camera, but the actual temperature was 130 degrees with the 0 not visible in the photo. Figuring out which button does what took a little bit of guesswork; mostly because I am a man who does not use manuals. For my testing, all of my cooking was done in the oven with the magnetic base station attached to the refrigerator about 5 feet away, and the connection held up fine.

Unlike that name brand, this does not just measure temperature at the tip, but across 5 points along the shaft plus an ambient temperature reading from the exposed end. When using this, it is very important to make sure it is inserted all the way to the line etched near the top. Unlike the temperature sensor at the exposed end, the temperature sensors along the shaft can be damaged by the ambient temperatures of your oven. In addition to cooking meats, I used it for baking bread, where getting the internal temperature right is essential. Because of the probe's thickness, it did leave about a 3/16" circular hole in the end of the loaf. The price for this two-pack is less than that name brand's price for just one probe, making this a great value.

Positives:
? Dual-probe setup accommodates different cooking preferences simultaneously
? USB-C rechargeable base station connects to home Wi-Fi
? Clear standalone base display allows monitoring without opening the app
? Multi-point shaft sensing plus ambient temperature monitoring
? Great value compared to single-probe name-brand alternatives

Negatives:
(None)

TL;DR: A wireless meat thermometer is a huge help for monitoring soap-making oils and lye temperatures hands-free.

As a soap maker, managing oil temperatures is primordial, and traditional thermometers usually mean standing over a hot pot every five minutes. Swapping a kitchen gadget for a crafting tool completely changes the routine. Using this wireless meat thermometer for melting solid butters like coconut, shea, or palm oil lets you track everything in real time without being chained to the stove.

The smart base alerts and companion app make multitasking actually possible. You can set a target temperature to make sure hard butters do not overheat or wait for them to drop into the right mixing range while you prep your lye solution elsewhere in the room. Plus, the multi-point sensors along the probe mean you get reliable reads even when your liquid levels fluctuate.

Just keep a few soap-specific things in mind. Lye and soap oils are caustic, so give the probe a thorough wash if you plan to ever cook actual food with it again, though getting a dedicated crafting probe is usually easier. Also, watch your immersion depth and keep the handle safely out of the liquid.

I used a writing helper to tidy up my English grammar since I am French speaking, but the soapy thoughts and opinions are 100% mine��promise the only thing melting here is my shea butter.