Leave a Review MEATER® Smart Meat Thermometer
Extremely Poor Connection Range
I have the original Meater and the positives are the thermometer is well packaged, sturdy, and easy to setup on the IOS app. The negative which outweighs all the positives is the thermometer’s ultra poor connection range which for me is around 30ft when it’s in my Cookshack smoker or Big Green Egg. The main reason I got this thermometer was to be able to monitor cooks on my phone while doing other things around the house but moments after leaving the Meater I get a notification that the connection is lost. I was also looking forward to using the Meater app’s cook monitoring notifications but since it’s always out range those features don’t work until I’m back within feet of the thermometer which makes them worthless. Maybe the Plus model has better connectivity but if you purchase the original Meater expect to have to go to your grill each time you want to check the temp of your meat.Show lessJGL341
Developer Response
Hello JGL341, Thank you for your review and your feedback. We do understand that there are connectivity limitations with our Original MEATER as the probe needs to connect to your smart device directly, using Bluetooth. We do offer a free service called MEATER Link, if you have a spare smart device, you are able to use it as a range extender. Please can we ask that you reach out to our Live Support Team at support.meater.com between 6am to 10pm MT, they will be more than happy to assist in getting you set up with MEATER Link. Kind regards, The MEATER TeamMEATER is excellent it the app holds its own
I’ve been using this app with the MEATER probe for a couple of years. We use it for every meat cook session we can both on the grill and the oven.
While the probe is necessary to use the majority of the features, the app has recently added a masterclass section with recipes and tips that can be accessed without having the probe paired. However, the probe is a must to access most of the features.
There are lower cost probes available and I’ve bought my share but the MEATER has outlasted all of them. Price wise is the same ballpark as similar quality probes so it’s not expensive when comparing apples to apples. I would definitely buy a MEATER probe before downloading this app.Show lesschristy's tunes
If you like something perfectly rare, this is way to avoid overshooting the Mark
AND it accurately factors in "resting time" to insure maximum moisture. Otherwise "resting time" usually just turns the meat gray by the time you get around to cutting it. And there is more! If you sous-vide your meat the night before, you have to refrigerate it until the next day in the bag. How to get the center of that meat back the following day from fridge-temp to yesterdays rare-temp risks - once again -turning to meat bland and "medium"or worse!!! Using the MEATER inside the sous-vided meat, outside the bag inside a pan in the oven, allows you to get it back just to the right temperature to proceed outside the oven, with the blowtorch and still have it rare! Thanks for the awesome technology. Closest thing to Artificial Intelligence that I have - so far - found useful.Show lessredfox210