Leave a Review MEATER® Smart Meat Thermometer
I was not a fan, but I am becoming one!
My family got me the MEATER as a gift last Christmas. I was not thrilled when I saw the size of the probes because I knew they would leave an enormous hole in my meat. Truthfully speaking, they do, and I would love to see improvements in that area. That withstanding, once I got past the probe size and started using the device I couldn’t have been more pleased. I appreciate not having to run wires through my smoker. I also appreciate how a single probe serves multiple purposes. A single probe can monitor the internal meat temperature as well as the ambient temperature of my smoker. That’s a big deal! One less probe to deal with, and most importantly, no wires!
My advice....
Make smaller probes and you will make BBQ enthusiasts very happy!Show lessThe Register
Developer Response
thank you for your review! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying your MEATER device, I'll put your feedback to our team!Get the Meater plus, not the block
Update: After working with their support staff, I was able to update the block and since then, it’s worked much better and has only had an occasional disconnect. I love the idea of these and the consistency of meats I cook has been better than anything I’d ever done before. So if you have the block and it tells you to update the firmware, do it. And if it doesn’t work, contact their support staff and they’ll help you out.
First review, before firmware update to block. The block works but is super frustrating because it constantly and randomly disconnects. The firmware update process always sparks hope, but never updates. Support staff are nice but still have not given me any solutions that make things better. Instead, I spend what seems like hours trying to get it to update and work properly, but so far, I’ve been unsuccessful. As soon as it starts working as advertised, I’ll submit another review or update this one. For now, I’m jus left feeling frustrated.Show lessEKCJ
Developer Response
Thank you for your review! I hope our support team are continuing to assist you with update the unit, if there's anything I can assist with, please ask our team to speak with me - KavanGreat but could use some improvements for low and slow
* I wish the time trend display had internal and ambient temperatures at the top. Target seems unnecessary. * I wish actual clock time was available when I touch the trend line, along with duration into cook. * my iphone doesn’t update the readings or alert unless the display is on, even though background app refresh is on. Might just be my phone *I hate it that the app automatically ends my cook as it approaches target. Sometimes I like to let it go a little over target to account for a temp drop that occurs when I unwrap the meat and put it back in the smoker to get a nice bark. This just confuses the app so it auto-ends my cook and I lose visibility and history before the actual end of the cook. *I wish I could set up a cook ahead of time with steps, estimated timing and other notes and then add observations throughout the cook and maybe a couple of photos during and after the cook. This is key to learning and improving the quality of my cooks.Show lessWileyN
Developer Response
Thank you for all your feedback! I'll be sure to pass this onto our team to improve the app and experience! Kind regards, The MEATER TeamKeeps getting better
Between the probe when it was first available at the start of it, I am thinking this is the best. I do a lot of smoked things as well,brisket, ribs,shoulders ext. thinking to myself get a couple of probes we’ll that’s when they came up with the blocks and pre order them. It seemed for ever to get it. I think I called once a month probably more. As always said working out the Kinks. Finally arrived and how great it was and the probe as well. 6-8 months down the road something was wrong with the block and would not hold a charge with the batteries. They asked me a couple of questions about the block and then said is this your current address still and just like that a brand new one was sent to me. The best of the best customer service. As well as the product.Show lessWidge18
Developer Response
Hey! Thank you for your feedback! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying your MEATER Block and the experience our team provided. If there is anything else we can assist with, please let us know! Kind regards, The MEATER TeamBest WiFi meat thermometer on the market today !
I been using ThermoWorks Smoke and this is by far better. I’ve cooked different meats at the same time and it was flawless. I’ve always struggled with Tuna steaks but not anymore. The ease of setting up the app on my iPhone was simple and using the app is even easier. I love the ambient temperature readings. It showed me where my grill had heat variations when cooking. I have a commercial smoker and this allows me to smoke four different types of meat at the same time. I’m very pleased with the product. I’ve used it for four months.Show lessRick.AITX
Great probe as long as you’re close
The Meater probe is greatIn terms of its temperature reading Fidelity and it’s ease-of-use. Set up is easy. So far I have to be pretty close to the probe and box with my phoneIn order to get the readings. And that’s even hooked up to my home Wi-Fi. Seems to be an issue with a lot of these meat thermometers. It reads temperatures up to about 550 in terms of the ambient temperature. I’m sure there are a lot of technical issues however it would be nice to have one that can tolerate temperature is up to about 900Show lessbpeeler
Best Probe You Can Stick in Your Meat
I am on my second MEATER probe. I got it specifically because it’s wireless. Nothing sticking out of the grill costing me BTUs or sacrificing smoke. Also does meat and ambient temps with one probe. This tool makes smoking, grilling, and cooking meat enjoyable for everyone.
Issues or concerns are answered by the company within days. Developers are always improving their app and welcome feedback after every cook.
Only wish there was a better cloud system or an Apple Watch app. This would allow a user to monitor cooks better while away from the grill.Show lessspoolman17
Overcooks, low range
Been using this for about a year. If I take the meat off the grill and place on a cutting board to rest immediately upon the app telling me.... the meat will cook 10-15 degrees past my target internal temp every single time. I’ve unfortunately had to learn to just remove meat as I see fit, as the app’s predictive analytics are worthless. This is my biggest complaint. Apparently the app thinks meat carries over just 3 degrees while resting.
Also frustrating is the lack of range when cooking. If you close the lid on even a standard Weber kettle grill, the phone has to be within 5ft (sometimes less) of the grill to work. Pretty much makes the MEATER useless for low and slow cooking.
As for cooking hot and fast, well, 500 degrees is the ambient temp limit before potentially damaging the meater, so it’s useless for that as well. It seems this device was designed without grilling in mind.
The range is decent when using with a glass door oven (the phone can be anywhere in the kitchen).
If I’m being picky, I will also say that because the meater is so large, it can be a bit odd looking for presentation purposes when all your slices of steak or pork tenderloin have a pencil sized hole in them unless it’s convenient/possible to stick the probe in against the grain (not always possible depending on your cut).Show lessCrobin88
It Works, But Not a Great Experience
I’ve had this product for about a month now. I think the developers should take some design and functionality cues from the Fireboard app. This app looks cartoony and something a child would use, not something you’d expect to get with a $250 thermometer. The thermometer aspect works great, however the app is clunky and difficult to use. Prompts are confusing and things you would expect to be able to do (such as rename a cook after you’ve started it) aren’t possible. But if you want to touch a number and have useless colorful ring emanate from it, then this what you’re looking for. If you just want to look at a temperature from your phone, this will work for you. However it doesn’t do much more than that well.Show lessSPG11
Good but Annoying!
Would have been 5 stars but it’s really annoying that every time I launch app it bugs me to signup for MEATER cloud. There were also 2 probe firmware updates last week that were required before I could start a cook. Nothing like putting your meat on the grill and launching your app only to discover you are being forced to do a firmware update that takes 10 minutes! Also after the probe firmware updates it seems meat is now being over cooked. It tells me to remove the move too late and it doesn’t seem that the resting stage ever ends anymore (seems to stay stuck at “almost there”). Please fix these issues and I’ll give you 5 stars!Show lessjzehler
