Pro Smart Meat Thermometer, Honey, Bluetooth, 1000°F, Long Range

I bought an original Meater in 2019 and have used it constantly over the years for chicken, roasts and pork chops. Recently I realized that the original probe was damaged, so it wasn't pairing - time for a new one! This new Meater Pro has a more slender probe that fits more snugly in the charger. I love that the charger lights up when I remove the probe, to show it's charged and ready. This probe has more sensors, so it seems to be more responsive and more accurate. The cook time estimate is ready sooner. The Meater is so much better than an instant-read thermometer: there's no danger of overcooking, and I can estimate when to have the other food ready. After seven years, I was happy to invest in this new improved model.

I had the original meater and it left alot to be desired. It would frequently lose connection with my phone and when it did, there was no indication that it did. You would assume it was still at the last temperature. Secondly it died on me just 6 months later and meaters customer service wouldnt help me or even provide so much as discount to buy a new one. I was reluctant to buy the meater 2, because of that bad experience. There are many types of bluetooth thermometers now and some less expensive. I actually had the opportunity to beta test the Ninja. Almost all of the new thermometers, thanks to the latest Bluetooth technology are pretty darn good and accurate. What sets Meater apart and worth the extra money is its higher temperature rating, its thin design, its battery life and its app. It really makes cooking a simple process. I've only used it a couple of times now, so I cant judge its long term use. Im hoping it lasts way longer than my first one. Compared to the others out there, this is leaps and bounds over the competition, worth any small premium you might pay for serious cooks. If you're on a budget, really any of the new ones that have bluetooth 5.2 will do just fine but youll be giving up some serious quality differences.

After extensive use of this wireless meat thermometer system, I've come away deeply frustrated by what could have been an excellent cooking tool, hampered by fundamental connectivity issues that severely impact its core functionality. The concept is brilliant in its simplicity: a temperature probe connects to a base station, which then relays real-time temperature data to your smartphone via Bluetooth. This should allow you to monitor your food from anywhere within Bluetooth range, ensuring perfect doneness whether you're smoking a brisket or grilling steaks. The accompanying app provides target temperatures for different types of meat and desired doneness levels, which is genuinely helpful for both novice and experienced cooks. However, the execution falls woefully short due to one critical flaw: persistent Bluetooth connectivity issues. The system frequently disconnects from the phone, requiring a complete reset of the probe to reestablish connection. This isn't just an occasional annoyance – it happens with maddening regularity, often multiple times during a single cooking session. Imagine checking your phone to see how your expensive prime rib is progressing, only to find the connection dropped 20 minutes ago, leaving you completely in the dark about your meat's current temperature. What makes this particularly frustrating is that these disconnections seem to occur without any clear pattern. They can happen when you're well within the stated Bluetooth range, with no obvious interference sources nearby. Even having everything within a couple feet of each other makes no difference. I've ruined a number of expensive steaks by missing a pull time not realizing the probe disconnected again. I should be focusing on cooking tasks and instead I am constantly fiddling with hardware that should just work. This is a temperature probe after all, about as unitary as it gets in function. The market clearly recognizes this as a significant issue. Competitor products now specifically advertise their superior connectivity solutions, with some moving away from Bluetooth entirely in favor of more reliable technologies. The abundance of similar complaints across user reviews suggests this isn't just a few defective units – it's a fundamental design flaw. When the system works, it works well. The temperature readings are accurate, the probe is durable enough to withstand high heat, and the app interface is intuitive. The base station's build quality is solid, and the probe wires are adequately protected for their intended use. But these positive attributes are overshadowed by the reliability issues. The manufacturer's response to these widespread complaints has been disappointing. While they offer troubleshooting steps, these amount to little more than "reset and try again" – a temporary fix for a permanent problem. The underlying Bluetooth connectivity issues remain unaddressed through multiple firmware updates. For a product designed to provide peace of mind during cooking, it instead introduces an additional layer of stress. The constant need to check if the connection is still active defeats the purpose of having a wireless monitoring system in the first place. Whether you're an amateur cook or a seasoned pitmaster, you deserve better reliability from a tool that's supposed to make your life easier. Price-wise, this probe sits in the premium category, making its fundamental flaws even harder to swallow. While no technology is perfect, this level of unreliability is unacceptable at any price point, let alone a premium one. Recommendations for the manufacturer would be to either completely revamp their wireless connectivity system or switch to a more reliable technology altogether. Until then, potential buyers should seriously consider alternative products that prioritize connection stability over feature bloat. Bottom line: Despite its potential and solid build quality, this temperature probe system fails at its primary task – providing reliable, continuous temperature monitoring. The persistent connectivity issues make it difficult to recommend when more reliable alternatives exist in the market. Save yourself the frustration and look elsewhere for your wireless meat thermometer needs.

I've used wired temperature probes for YEARS now, and never had an issue until recently, where the transceiver units (the devices that receive the input from the probes and transmit it to the temperature control device) actually melted, causing my cook to become a charred, blackened mass of carbon. I decided to look for wireless probes, but found there were SO many on the market it was hard to know what separated the good ones from the Chinese knock-off junk. I eventually found the original Meater probe, but wasn't all that impressed. Next I ran across the Meater block, and was tempted, but just didn't need to pay for 4 probes. I actually had another brand in my card when I finally ran across the Meater 2PLUS. It took a couple of days of deciding between the other brand and Meater 2+, but I eventually went with Meater, and I'm glad I did. First, I LOVE the simplistic yet very attractive charging station. The app seemed a bit overwhelming at first, but during even the first use I got entirely comfortable with how it worked, and now find it very intuitive and helpful. The probes themselves are good. VERY good, in fact. As long as you follow the very simple usage rules you'll get excellent results every time, in a number of cooking mediums. Thus far I've used the Meater 2+ in these cooking mediums: Deep Fry; Sous Vide; Oven roasting; Grilling; Smoker. The probes worked exceptionally well in each. I was MOST surprised with the smoker, however. As much as I cook, and as much as I LIKE to cook, my smoker has defied my best efforts for some time now. I just couldn't seem to get the right combination of time, heat, and internal temperature to produce something I could be happy with. With the Meater 2+ probe, that kind of all went away. By knowing the real-time ambient and internal temperatures, I could finally manage the smoker settings to produce a cut of meat that was fully cooked, tender, and LOADED with the goodness that comes from smoking. That one experience convinced me that the Meater 2+ was the thing I needed to elevate my cooks to the next level and beyond. I highly recommend the Meater 2+. This firm offers basically three different variations - the original Meater - a good, but somewhat limited version 1 product. Then there's the Meater Block - 4 probes with enhanced connectivity, but basically the same functionality as the original Meater. Finally, the Meater 2+ that offers both connectivity methods, plus more sensors in the probes themselves that offer a much improved insight into your cook. For example: I recently smoked a pork loin, using 2 Meather 2+ probes at each end of the cook. I found some pronounced temperature variations between the two ends of the loin, and was able to figure out there were marked temperature variations in the heating zones of my smoker. The Meater 2+ probes were able to give me the insight I needed to make the adjustments that would result in an evenly cooked/smoked pork loin. (By the way, Pecan smoke yields an absolutely delicious pork roast!). I learned that the temperature probe built into my smoker averaged a +6 degree variance from the Meater 2+ probes, meaning that my cook would have been severely undercooked had I relied on it. By deciding to rely exclusively on the Meater probes, my Pork Loin roast came out tender, juicy, and totally delicious. Best ever results I've gotten from my smoker. Again, I highly recommend the Meater 2+ temperature probes to get the best information back for your cook.

It was recommended by a friend. I cooked two ribeyes on my Blackstone. Prepared them w salt, ground pepper, minced onion. Inserted the monitor. Seared them on the hot side. Moved them to the cooler side. No guessing, no constantly poking holes by checking w a temp probe. Just pay attention to your phone. Pull them 5-8 degrees before your end target. They’ll come up to your desired temp while resting. I can’t recall the last time I had one this good at a restaurant. And it was no-stress perfect. It should be easily repeatable. Not that rare success, but the norm.

I was initially pretty concerned about the low ratings for connectivity. Also compared to other platforms, the Meater 2 seems pretty pricy. I think I paid more the Meater 2 than I did for my Meater of about 1 year ago? However, its the only thermometer in its class, that I have been able to find, that will handle up to 1000 deg F. I cook a lot of Pork tenderloin, and unless I sear first, then go full indirect, the Meater 1 thermometer gets too hot...so for me, the high temp rating on the Meater 2 is definitely a desired characteristic. So got my Meater 2 this past weekend and decided to check connectivity before my return window shut...I pulled out the probe, set up my phone with it (was an easy process), put the probe in an empty tomato paste filled with water on my grill and set up a custom 'cook'...things looked good for about 10 minutes, but eventually the amplifier (bamboo case) seemed to disconnect from my phone (I was only about 20' away, sliding glass door and typical drywall & siding construction between me and my grill) I had some trouble getting it reconnected. After opening the back looking for a reset button...I noticed the 'Toshiba' AAA battery in it...I started wondering about the battery, so I pulled it and checked it in a small battery checker I have. It did register green, about mid-green, so technically still good (sorry all, I probably should have used a multi meter to get actual voltage) but I thought humm, its only 1.5 volts, maybe I should try a super fresh battery...its cold outside, maybe its just slightly low. So I did, found another AAA with slightly higher green rating ~3/4 green and put it in...connectivity again. I put the amplifier a number of different locations around my grill - with lid closed, it stayed connected...eventually walked out to my Garage...~40' away, another door and dry wall in between, but still stayed connected. I ended up grilling a large bone in turkey breast later, about a 2.5 hour cook, and it stayed connected. SO, if you have a Meater 2 and have connection issues...try replacing the battery first with a brand new high quality AAA battery...I bought a set of Energizer Max's just for this thermometer. So for now, I am pretty happy with the Meater 2...rated 4 'cause I am not certain the new battery was/is the connection issue and, its expensive, and, I haven't tested the connection above ~400 deg. But, I will update if I have issues in the future.

This has exceeded my expectations perfect stake every time I will never cook without it. I’ll most likely buy two more. Believe me you get what you pay for believe me.

Here are both, ready to copy. --- ## For MEATER Support **Subject: MEATER Pro 2 — Persistent connection failure across 2 units, 2 Android devices, and 2 network conditions** I've been troubleshooting a MEATER Pro connection issue for an extended period, including a prior 2-hour session with your support team that resulted in a replacement unit. The replacement showed the identical failure. Summary of everything tested: **Initial symptom:** App would sometimes discover and add the probe, but it remained stuck on "Disconnected" in the device list. Never achieved a stable connection. **Hardware ruled out:** - Tested with original probe/dock and the replacement unit sent by support — identical behavior on both. - Per your own diagnostic docs (Device Compatibility and Permissions – MEATER Pro), pulled the probe from the dock and checked the LED: it blinked green consistently, confirming the probe-to-charger Bluetooth link was healthy and the failure was specifically in the charger-to-phone connection. **Phone/tablet ruled out:** - Tested on two different Android devices on two different platforms: a Motorola Edge (2022) and a Samsung Android tablet. Both showed the identical charger-to-phone failure. - Confirmed Android Developer Options were disabled (had been on initially; disabling made no difference). - Confirmed Bluetooth and Nearby Devices/Location permissions were properly granted. **Network/Cloud issue found and partially isolated:** - App also displayed "Sign in to MEATER Cloud" with a red X, despite being actively signed in. - Checked home network DNS filtering (AdGuard) query logs — confirmed no MEATER/Apption/Traeger domains were being blocked or filtered. - Confirmed MEATER's Cloud API was reachable and responding normally (not a service-wide outage on your end). - **Turning off Wi-Fi on the phone entirely (not just disconnecting from a network) immediately resolved the Cloud sign-in error.** This points to something on my home network interfering with the Cloud connection at a layer below DNS filtering (e.g., router/firewall or TLS-level), which I was not able to fully isolate. **Unresolved contradiction:** - With Wi-Fi off (which fixed Cloud sign-in), I removed the probe from the app to re-pair from scratch. The Bluetooth scan then returned "No Device Found" — with the probe confirmed out of the dock and Bluetooth confirmed on (not airplane mode). This is despite the app being able to discover and add the same probe earlier when Wi-Fi was on. - In short: **Cloud sign-in only works with Wi-Fi off, but Bluetooth device discovery only appears to work with Wi-Fi on.** I was never able to get both working simultaneously, on either device, with either probe. Given this was reproduced identically across two full hardware units and two independent Android platforms, this does not appear to be a defective unit or a phone compatibility issue — it looks like a deeper interaction bug between the app's Bluetooth scanning behavior and its Wi-Fi radio dependency. I'm returning the current unit for a refund but wanted to document this fully in case it helps your team diagnose it for future units. --- ## For Amazon Review **Title: Never got a stable connection — replacement unit had the same issue** Bought the MEATER Pro 2 and could never get a reliable connection to the app. The device would sometimes get discovered and added, but it stayed stuck on "Disconnected" and never actually worked. Spent 2 hours with MEATER support troubleshooting, and they sent a replacement unit — same exact problem on the replacement. I tested extensively beyond that: tried two completely different Android devices (a phone and a tablet, different manufacturers), ruled out phone settings and permissions, and dug into the app's Bluetooth and cloud-connection behavior directly. The pattern I found was that the app's Bluetooth scanning and its cloud sign-in seemed to conflict with each other depending on whether Wi-Fi was on or off — I could get one working or the other, but never both at the same time, on either phone or either unit. This wasn't a case of user error or a one-off bad unit — the same failure showed up twice, on two different phones. Returning it for a refund. Disappointing, because the concept and the probe itself (temperature accuracy when it briefly connected) seemed solid — it's a software/connectivity reliability problem.

I've had a few different meat thermometers now. This is the first to keep working and not pack up. It does its job very well and the app is really easy to use. Having a disposable battery in the base unit works well and the charge on the probe lasts ages - happily does an 8 hour brisket cook for me and would go on longer I think. I am very pleased with the temperature monitoring and the overall way this thermometer does it's job. Recommend strongly.

Perfect. Geen gedoe meer met draadjes en doet precies wat het moet doen

Constantly loses connection mid cook and the range is awful. Disappointed does not cover it and is very missed the refund window !

Bello, ma ho dovuto associarlo 2 volte e ha perso spesso la connessione durante la prima cottura. Non so se è difettoso, attendo ulteriori riprove.

This is what meat is meant to taste like!