Maverick ET-7 Remote-Check Wireless Thermometer With 2 Probes
by Maverick Industries, Inc
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Maverick Industries, IncBrand: Maverick Industries
Release Date: 2006-04-14
Model: ET-7
Product features:
- Monitor two different foods at one time.
- Works wirelessly up to 100 feet.
- Probe and wire are rated for over 500 degrees.
- Elapsed cooking timer
- Batteries included
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Maverick ET-7 Remote-Check Wireless Thermometer With 2 Probes
Customer Review: Idiot-proof your meats!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a huge fan of this wireless thermometer. Basically there are 4 parts: 2 temperature probes to be inserted into meats; a pager-sized transmitter into which the probes can be connected; and the receiver, which also contains a clock and some solid-state logic so you know the USDA recommended temperatures for various kinds of meats and various degrees of doneness. You can also plug one probe straight into the receiver, skipping the transmitter, if desired.
I have a cheap Home Depot Brinkmann electric water smoker, and one of the issues with this is you never know quite how hot it's getting. Repeatedly opening the top lets all the smoke and heat out and prolongs cooking time. So, just put the probe into the meat, thread the metal probe wire out the top, and put the receiver close by. You can then wander inside with the receiver and it will alarm you when the desired temperature is reached. I have found it impossible to screw up - it works every time.
Some caveats for the first time user:
1) You have to turn the receiver and transmitter on pretty near simultaneously to get them to sync up. Supposedly you can sync them without turning them off, then on, but I've never been able to figure out how to do this reliably. When you do power cycle them together, they wake up and sync up reliably each time.
2) Their range is about 30 yards, as described. If you go further you will lose touch.
3) The USDA recommendations about cooking chicken will give you dry chicken that is well done all the way through. For more on this topic, hit the Internet.
4) The probes are of questionable quality. Spares are about ten bucks and I, like other reviewers, do recommend keeping one or two on hand, as they do just 'go bad'. I have one that conked out after a year of use weekly, and another that's still going strong.
This thermometer is pretty much the best thing ever if you are wanting to cook meats to the correct doneness every time with no worry or uncertainty. Everyone should have one.
Description of Maverick ET-7 Remote-Check Wireless Thermometer With 2 Probes
The RediChek remote features a transmitter that reads the internal food termperature with a digital electronic food probe, then sends that information wirelessly up to 100 feet away, freeing you from standing next to the oven or grill during the cooking period. When the desired temperature is reached an alarm goes off! The taste or doneness of meats can be determined to be rare, medium, medium well, or well done based on the type of food and the internal temperature reached during cooking.Cooking a dinner-party roast, holiday turkey, or backyard-barbecue pork loin to precisely the proper temperature without fuss is a snap with this thermometer. You can even monitor two foods (beef and lamb, for instance) simultaneously, since two stainless-steel probes are included, each 6 inches long and each connected to a 39-inch stainless-steel wire.
Here's how it works: program the tool (two AA batteries included) by selecting either "beef," "veal," "lamb," "pork," "chicken," or "turkey." Then program to rare, medium-rare, medium, or well-done. The monitor displays the proper temperature--which can be altered by pressing a button. Place the probe into, say, a turkey. Run the wire from the oven and close the door. (Door should remain closed until turkey is done so oven temperature doesn't vary.) Plug the wire into the monitor, and open the monitor's built-in stand. Set the clock to the current time. (Remember, two probes can be used simultaneously for different foods, with the monitor programmed separately for each.) The monitor constantly displays the turkey's internal temperature and elapsed cooking time. (The timer can be used independently of thermometer.) When the turkey reaches the selected temperature, an alarm sounds.
Meanwhile, hook the pager (two AA batteries included) to your belt or drop it into your pocket. The pager beeps when the monitor's alarm sounds and works up to 75 feet away, liberating the cook from the kitchen. The probes can also be plugged into the pager, which displays a food's temperature on its LCD screen. So barbecuing brisket outside, roasting chicken in the oven, and keeping track of both is possible. --Fred Brack
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