Anybody have the Typhur sync gold wireless meat probe?

[johnec00]

The Typhur Gold wireless thermometer seems to have all the capability I would want plus at a reasonable price. Eric at two guys and a cooler is very positive and I've come to trust him for his charcuterie recipes and equipment. I have a serious case of MCS, Amazon has a $50 coupon for the 2 probe gold version. Anybody here have one of these?

Here's a link to Eric's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYAH6Lk1nJE

[realdocBBQ]

I've been eyeballing for quite a while - until the RFX and the Fireboard Pulse came out. Not sure now which way to jump...

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

I personally would be wary, mainly because there has been accusations of lots of fake/paid reviews and influencer support across various platforms (especially reddit, youtube, and TikTok) for this product and that they don't clearly disclose that the product AND more importantly the app are Chinese. They try to insinuate that the product is made in CA but if you look a little deeper the company name is actually Shenzen Typhur.

I don't have an issue with a Chinese thermometer (I'm a big fan of the non-app ThermoPro devices for those on a budget for example), but I personally won't knowingly put a Chinese app on my home network.

Having said all that, I do really like the design of that thing, especially with the probe charging/docking being handled by the portable unit. And if you don't care about what country is on your home network, then it looks to be a product worth trying out.

[johnec00]

I'm not a cell phone fan, so the fact that all of the basic functions are available on the device itself is a big plus for me. In the rare case where I want to use the cell phone "app", there is no need to hook up to my server.

As an aside though, the probability that a foreign government would need this device to hack my server is a stretch as is the probability that they would want to.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

johnec00 the app will require you to connect to wifi. Obviously loads of folks don't care about these sorts of things.

[johnec00]

Only need for wifi is the download, thereafter communication over bluetooth only needed

[UncleFester]

I've got one. Used it a couple times so far, including a cook right now which I've just started in the last hour. Not jumping to conclusions yet, but my first suggestion is: Don't trust the ambient temp. At all. Right now I've got 2 probes in the same brisket, one having ambient temp of 262 and the other 201. It's actually 248 according to my trusty wired probe which I've used many times.

Internal temps seem fine, and the features on it are fantastic. Ignore the ambient and you are probably all good.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

To be fair to the product, I doubt there is a way for those ambient sensors to ever be accurate

[LA Pork Butt]

I have a MEATER with also reads ambient and meat temperature. It is rereading the ambient temperature next to the meat which can be different from ambient at the grill. I would go with the ambient at the grill level as to what temp you are actually cooking at. Although, at the meat level is is probably more accurate as to how the meat is cooking.

[realdocBBQ]

New comparison video came out just about a month ago that went pretty in-depth on most of the true wireless thermometers including the Meater 2, Combustion, Inc. (Gen 1?), RFX, Pulse, TempSpike Plus, etc.

David Gafford is at thebarbecuelab.com and runs the YouTube channel The Barbecue Lab. Here's a link to his video, which, while pretty long, does cover a lot of ground - cooking with every probe on the smoker, on the grill and deep frying. Also testing range in real world conditions at various distances and through the house and out in town.

He also compiled all his results into a handy chart, which shows none of these are worth a damn at monitoring ambient temperature except the RFX with its wired temperature probe. Not surprising. You do have to give up your email address to get the chart mailed to you. If you want me to send it, I can, as well, but you'll have to give ME your email, also. lol. I promise no spam, though... David Gafford, I dunno, he IS starting up his own line of rubs and a Kickstarter campaign for them, so I suspect I'm going to be getting some marketing emails. Oh well. I use a specific email for all these signups, so I couldn't care less about most of that, it's going in the trash anyways. But if you want the chart without signing up for his email list, send me a message, no big deal.

Anyways, his chart and experiment are pretty thorough, and he shows the ambient temp performance of all the various probes and how they all essentially suck, with the exception of the RFX.

[GolfGeezer]

Just a quick note on the question of wireless ambient versus wired ambient. I’m cooking my prime rib using 2 FireBoard Pulse probes. I also connected a wired ambient to my FB Spark just to see if there is a significant difference. From this screenshot below, you can see that the ambient temps reported by all 3 are very close. Anecdotal I know, but interesting.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

I think it's been mentioned before that at some point towards the end of cooks that the ambient probes are more likely to match a separate ambient probe as the surface temp of the meat is much warmer and not affecting the are around the protein as significantly?

[GolfGeezer]

ItsAllGoneToTheDogs Understood, and my biggest beef about not having an ambient-only wireless solution. Most of us place the ambient monitor on well before whatever we are cooking so that our cookers stabilize at the temp we want food to cook at. I don’t want to know my kettle is at 250* and hour AFTER putting the food on, I want it at 250* BEFORE.

[johnec00]

Went ahead and ordered the 2 probe Typhur Gold version. $60 off on their website plus additional 10% off, so $152 and free shipping. Will report back after I get it and have time to try it out.