Inkbird Bluetooth Digital Wireless Meat Thermometer with 4 Probes Timer, Alarm,150 ft Barbecue Cooking Kitchen Food Meat Thermometer for Grill BBQ Smoker, Oven, Drum

Saw this on YouTube so I gave it a try. Easy to set up and works well for me and my put smoker.

I've been looking for a good probe thermometer for grilling for a while now to replace my trusty old model that's clearly seen better days.My original has only 1 temp probe, no backlit display, and no corresponding phone app.I watched a BBQ dude on YouTube and he had recommended Inkbird - and this one for the price of less than $40 bones seemed to tick all the boxes I was looking for.After reading reviews concerning the range of the bluetooth, I was a little worried that the WiFi version may be a better option - but it's about double the price, and I didn't really want to spend $85 or so at this time.I unboxed it, downloaded the BBQ Go app on my Galaxy phone, and quickly and easily paired the two.I threw a whole spatchcocked chicken on the grill, and I used one probe (Probe 1) for the chicken, and I used a second probe (probe 3) for the temperature inside the grill.Speaking of probe 3 - I noticed some reviewers didn't seem to know that the one probe that does not match the others - the one that is not pointy - is meant to be used for this exact reason - so please bear that in mind if you purchase this.You take one of the grill clips - clip it into the grill and slide that probe through so it measures your grill temps.As you can see in my picture - probe 1 marked Chicken 2 is 88°F and probe 3 is showing my grill temp at 390°F.Also note that the app includes many pre-created temperatures based on the meat you're cooking.I tend to create my own (Chicken 2 for example) - so I can prevent overcooking meats.This app has some good presets - in fact, they include a rare beef option at 120 - which is great - but personally, I like my beef VERY rare - so I cook to about 115 or so and it's great that I can set my own custom temps.I'll admit the app can use a few quality of life upgrades like a dark mode setting (I always use dark mode on my phone) - and also a way to stop the alarm without opening the app by using clicking the notification.Unfortunately, that does nothing - but I won't deduct any points for that as it's not a deal breaker.Bottom line - so far this device works great - has an easy to see display, works great with the app and has a much better range than I expected based on reviews.I was able to check my temperatures from my kitchen while my grill was on the back patio and I had no drops and no loss in signal strength.Granted, I live in a townhouse, and if you live on a farm and your grill is really far from your house, I can't speak to how well that would work, but for me - the range is excellent.Bottom line, this product works great and I will be using it for ALL my cooks from now on.I'll update this review if anything gets weird in the near future - but this Inkbird Meat Thermometer gets my approval and recommendation.

Fabulous product. Works great.

The Good:The thermometer itself seems to work pretty well. There are numerous notices to push the sensor plugs all the way into jacks, and I had no problems there. The readout is ok in the sun; I had to shade it with my hand and look closely, but, hey, it's bright outside. The unit pairs pretty easily with your phone, and it's even easier to read the temperatures on your phone, on which you can adjust the brightness. You also don't have to wait for the temperature readout to cycle through each probe when viewing on the phone. The app does have presets you can use, with the option to adjust them as you see fit.The Bad:The app is useful in being able to view your temperatures without being right next to the grill. It's also easier to read than the unit itself, because it's less limited. That's about where the usefulness of the app ends. Sure, you can see a graph, but if you're smoking something for any amount of time, don't expect to be able to see the whole cook - no matter how close you are you lose connection every 30-45 minutes, and your graph will reset. You also can't touch any part of the graph to read any individual data points, there aren't any gridlines to make things more readable, and forget zooming in. Oh yeah, your graph just reset again. Those presets with alarms? Yeah, don't expect to be able to get that notification on time. When the connection gets dropped, it doesn't reconnect until you actively check it again, which means the alarm will go off when you are already doing a manual check, and at that point it's just an obnoxious thing you have to click away to get to what you want to see. If you are looking at it when the alarm is tripped, you have to hit a hamburger menu and leave what you already see and recognize, so you can navigate somewhere else to turn the alarm off, because it won't stop unless you do so.Overall, the app doesn't do you any favors that don't come with pretty noticeable drawbacks. It would be one thing if these features weren't offered as selling points, but they are, and they aren't really functional. None of this is to say that you shouldn't be watching your temps periodically or tracking them on a log; you should be. This shouldn't replace the things you do that you know you need to. I got this so I could try to dial in my temp control a little better and know exactly what's going on in my grill. To that end, when the graph works, it's nice to see the temperature curve flattening out or spiking in response to things you do. It's also nice to get a more accurate and faster read than you can get with the built in grill thermometer. Maybe if you set your phone not to turn the screen off with inactivity, and never switch out of the app for anything else, and keep it plugged in because you're going to kill that battery before you're done otherwise, maybe then you can see that whole graph and the alarms will mean something. Maybe.TL;DR - great for reading your temperatures on your phone. Keep a log from that and don't depend on the app for anything else. Don't get caught up reading the graphs and forget to log your info on paper.

I was very pleased with this and used it quite a bit. My unit then had intermittent issues after about 6 months. I reported this to the manufacturer and they in turn provided some alternative measures to see it the issue would be corrected. Unfortunately the issue remained. They then replaced my unit with a new unit. They were extremely cooperative.