Thermoworks goes Wireless

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One possibility would be to keep tabs on the grill temperature during a rotisserie cook. The wireless probes would be free to rotate without issue while the tailed ambient probe would track the grill temp.
At the rotisserie? Perhaps on a grate underneath but otherwise? My two rotisserie grills are open flame Santa Maria style, so a pit thermometer away from the protein has little value.
 
At the rotisserie? Perhaps on a grate underneath but otherwise? My two rotisserie grills are open flame Santa Maria style, so a pit thermometer away from the protein has little value.
My rotisserie is a gasser, so a bit more relevance for me.
 
I believe that the YT video I mentioned above by someone who has clearly an inside connection with the TW probe (given he has one already) is very specific that it is an accuracy issue with other wireless probes. Apparently TW does not have an ambient sensor-it appears you must have the bridge device that uses a wired pit probe to arrive at ambient temps. Well anyone can do that, but if you need to use a wired pit probe along with a wireless probe, what is the point of having a wireless probe?
I mentioned that “ambient” temperature difference in a separate, recent post about the ThermoPro TempSpikes wireless probes I recently purchased and used. Maybe that’s a characteristic of all these wireless probes. 🤷🏼‍♂️. I still relied on my RecTeq app to monitor and/or modify the temp on my RT-700. While I recognize the value of using a single app for monitoring both the cooking chamber temperature as well as the internal temperature of the meat I’m cooking, I was fine using the two apps for my cook.
 
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I follow far too many YouTube smoking/BBQ channels, but one of my favorites is Tuffy Stone. He’s been sponsored by Weber and TW for some time now, and he has a new video out on the TW wireless probe. Not sure anyone is going to learn anything from this video, but it is always classical to watch Tuffy cook something!
 
Please don't destroy me for this, but can someone politely explain why these probes are needed. I understand them when cooking on something where the chamber temp swings with weather and fuel consumption impacting time/temp dope book results. We used wired probes when competing on WSMs but I'm just not getting it on the pellet cooker. Is this about over night alarms. I need a good excuse.
 
Please don't destroy me for this, but can someone politely explain why these probes are needed. I understand them when cooking on something where the chamber temp swings with weather and fuel consumption impacting time/temp dope book results. We used wired probes when competing on WSMs but I'm just not getting it on the pellet cooker. Is this about over night alarms. I need a good excuse.
Rotisserie is one, somehow those wires get all twisted up, for me, rather my wife the kitchen oven otherwise wired works but the cool factor is in play. 😀
 
Rotisserie is one, somehow those wires get all twisted up, for me, rather my wife the kitchen oven otherwise wired works but the cool factor is in play. 😀
Thanks, I don't long cook rotisserie so I hadn't thought of that. Didn't mean to Shanghai the thread. Please proceed. I've got so much thermo werks at this point maybe I just get some to say I have them.
 
I must admit that even though I started this thread, I'm not sure I have a need for wireless probes either. I don't presently have a method to do anything rotisserie, but wouldn't mind trying down the road. I have the Meater+ that I had for years and discovered I rarely use it, particularly after purchasing a Thermoworks Signals. I'd love an excuse to need wireless probes and I do have a distinct affection for Thermoworks stuff, but I too sort have paused from my initial excitement.
 
While this is a forum primarily for recteq grilling (and recteq used to offer the Wyldside that had a rotisserie included), it occasionally branches into regular charcoal, gas grilling and household ovens as well. While I like my wireless probe(s) for rotisserie, I also prefer them to tailed probes when cooking in the indoors oven. So yes, I can see why they are not needed in most grills today, but I am also old enough to remember when cell phones were mounted inside your vehicles instead of carried in your pocket. Just a matter of time I suspect…
 
I am also old enough to remember when cell phones were mounted inside your vehicles instead of carried in your pocket.
Yup 45 cents a minute, including frequently dropped calls. My first cell phone bill was leaps and bounds over my car payment at the time.

As an early adopter of tech, I guess I'd better place my order with Thermoworks. @Greg Jones has enabled me again (although I'm also eyeballing that rotisserie/Santa Maria grill for the PK Grill...also thanks to @Greg Jones ).
 
Yup 45 cents a minute, including frequently dropped calls. My first cell phone bill was leaps and bounds over my car payment at the time.

As an early adopter of tech, I guess I'd better place my order with Thermoworks. @Greg Jones has enabled me again (although I'm also eyeballing that rotisserie/Santa Maria grill for the PK Grill...also thanks to @Greg Jones ).
Whew! I’m not getting blamed for “”enabling.” Thanks, @Greg Jones, for taking the heat this time. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
Well this just showed up. As I expected, Thermoworks is jumping into the wireless probe game. Not much info other than a teaser so far.

https://www.thermoworks.com/wireless-probe-ad/

I also heard noise about Recteq doing something similar. In all fairness, much like my Signals and ThermoPens, if I go wireless I think I will stick to a company that focuses on making thermometers...if the price is right.
Details
https://www.thermoworks.com/rfx-starter-kit/

4 probes $350
 
My 2nd Recteq probe died last month. At this point I have a reasonably good sense of cook times (no unattended/overnight since my RT-1250 is on a wooden deck) after more than a year and 100's of lbs of pellets.

So far I'm just ambling along, spot checking temps occasionally during cooks with my Thermapen handheld. The RFX looks intriguing though it is pricey and I am concerned about long-term durability/reliability. I'm going to wait and see how well they perform "in the wild" before deciding on a move in that direction.
 
So far I'm just ambling along, spot checking temps occasionally during cooks with my Thermapen handheld.
I’m a thermometer junkie, so I have far more of them than I need. Some might say one doesn’t need any thermometer, I don’t know about that, but I can say the only thermometer I brought with me on this 3-week trip was a Thermapen. There are some other great instant read thermometers-I’m pretty impressed with my FireBoard Spark as well.
 
I’m a thermometer junkie, so I have far more of them than I need. Some might say one doesn’t need any thermometer, I don’t know about that, but I can say the only thermometer I brought with me on this 3-week trip was a Thermapen. There are some other great instant read thermometers-I’m pretty impressed with my FireBoard Spark as well.
I’m optimistic about the FireBoard Pulse. They have confirmed it’s compatible with my LSG cabinet so I’ll be able to use the same FB app for smoker and wireless probes. It’s a small thing, but the color coding is a plus for bigger cooks.
 

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