NEW! State-of-the-Art 4-probe, 500' Remote Thermometer From Maverick!

[Huskee]

I for one I’m glad you guys have pushed products and talk about them from what I have seen and bought you have been right

Thanks for the nice words! We're in the business of information sharing, when we love something we share it in case our readers & members want to love it too!

[Huskee]

Here's Dave's video on the thermometer:

[Huskee]

Yeah, Pequod, no Mario, Pacman or Texas Hold'em, Dave did NOT think of everything...

[Danjohnston949]

Huskee, As I Posted On U-Tube This AM, Short Quick and To The Point❗️ An Example of Near Perfect Marketing❗️ I Hope Dave and Catherine Sell a Billion Of The New Mavericks‼️‼️ Dan

[Pequod]

There's just something soothing about Dave's presentation. Hypnotizing. Like he's saying, "I've got your back, bro. Trust me. You need this." I was compelled to order after watching that. Some people collect stamps. I collect digital thermometers...

[fzxdoc]

Nice video. It's great that they designed the probes differently so that handwashing them doesn't create leaks at the junction of the probe and wire like the older Mav probes that I own. That 500 foot range is nice too. I hope Adrenaline BBQ sells a boatload of them. Dave always has well-thought-out products.

Kathryn

[Danjohnston949]

@fozxdoc, Kathryn, Is A Boatload More Than a Billion❓❓ See Above Huskee Post‼️ Dan

[fzxdoc]

Danjohnston949 depends on how big the boat is.

[holehogg]

Just made the purchase. I’m so excited I could……. I’ve been using a weber instant read that’s not that instant. Have a small hole drilled into the centre of the door of my smoker that I feed the probe through to read oven temp and remove to use when I check meat temp. This has necessitated me in having to open and close the cooker door a lot, especially during the stall. The oven section is fairly large and need to know how the temps differ from bottom to top.
The only thermometer of this type to purchase locally is the weber igrill2 at R 2 200 and was never comfortable in making the purchase with so many better options available abroad. I was keen on the Maverick 732 and now I’ll be the owner of the RR of Maverick at R 1 400.
Just a few reasons why I am as happy as a pig in poo.

[fzxdoc]

Enjoy your purchase, holehogg . It's going to make your smoking life a lot easier, I'll bet.

Kathryn

[Steve R.]

Well, I finally used my new Maverick XR-50 yesterday, and I really love it already. I honestly don't know why I would ever use my wifi thermometer (which also offers a graphing feature) again. It's quick and easy to setup and it just works. The magnets and adjustable stands on the backs of the units make it so convenient to use, also.

[jfmorris]

Steve, do you have a thermometer port in the body of the kettle somewhere? Wondering where your probe wires snake off to...

[Steve R.]

So, I guess my plan to make the hole not-so-obvious was successful! I drilled one hole just big enough to accommodate all the cables just below the table top, behind where the table top ends between the thermometer and bottle opener.

[jfmorris]

Well, after my cook Friday on the offset trying to monitor just the pit temperature with my Smoke, and having the Smoke Wifi Gateway connection crap out 3-4 times during the cook, the simplicity and range of this Maverick XR-50 is looking better and better. Next thermometer I buy is going to be the XR-50.

[Huskee]

I'm not thrilled with the battery life. The power it has is harder on the little AAAs. I put my good rechargeables in the transmitter and in one cook the display dims and the battery low graphic is showing again. Seems like a good thing would be to have it hold more batteries, or maybe AAs instead of triples.

[jfmorris]

Huskee, you are right that mAh, short for milli-amp hours, is an indication of how long a battery will last under load, but voltage is also important. Different battery cell chemistries have different voltages, and almost all rechargeable AA and AAA batteries on the market put out 1.2 volts, versus 1.5 volts for alkaline.

[jfmorris]

Huskee (darned comment limits) some devices don't care as much about voltage, but I am thinking this thermometer does. Try the AAA's that came with it for your next cook and see how it does, versus your rechargables.

[Fire Art]

jfmorris I used the battery that came with it they lasted one cook and wouldn’t start the second cook I’m hoping they were just bad battery’s

[Huskee]

jfmorris, thank you for the insight, my uneducated-in-batteries self thought they were all 1.5V. I appreciate that tip! The ones that came with it were toast after a 24-hr test run. (That's only ~2-3 cooks). Transmitter only, receiver ones are low & dim but still working.

Will look into other options. I like the rechargeables since you only buy them once.

I also informed Dave Parrish of the battery issues that a couple of us have found and I believe he's in contact with Maverick. Might not be anything they can do for us at the moment, but at least they're all being informed so as to at the very least perhaps stock better batteries to send. I firmly believe they need a bigger tank holding more or bigger batteries.

[David Parrish]

[USER="29341"]I firmly believe they need a bigger tank holding more or bigger batteries.

It's a little pre-mature to make this statement. I am thinking there is a solution but I could use some help troubleshooting.

I'm working with Maverick right now in emails before and after I type this. They're aware the batteries they shipped with the unit are low end and in at least some situations aren't up to the task.

Here's how XR-50 owners can help. If you have ANY sort of issue, please install a fresh set of LITHIUM "high tech device" batteries. They are designed to withstand far greater temp extremes than regular batteries, can last 8 times longer, and aren't that much more expensive. Considering the XR-50 is meant to be a rugged device that can handle hot, cold, and rain these batteries might be the perfect solution.

Oh, and let me know how long they last for you.

[Huskee]

Attjack that's exceptional. But this is 3x the device and 66% more range, so the months of battery life will never happen methinks. This is why I think a bigger tank would be useful.

[Attjack]

Well we can agree to disagree. Range, number of probes, and battery life are all major factors to me. 66% more range and 1/100th of the battery life is one step forward and two steps back for me personally. I was definitely buying one, and now I won't be. Hopefully there's a better resolution than changing the batteries weekly. How many cooks are you getting out of a set of batteries?

[Fire Art]

I’m getting 2 cooks on set of ray o vac battery’s I will buy Lithium batteries and try those

[jfmorris]

Glad to hear from David Parrish about this, and it will be interesting to hear the resolution. Agree that the Lithium AAA's will likely work better. I've got two Nest smoke/CO2 detectors and the only specified battery is the Energizer Ultimate Lithium, and it lasts for years on those. At the moment it is sounding like that extra radio power to get a 500' range is leading to unexpectedly low battery life with standard AAA cells, and an engineering change would be needed to resolve (I design electronics for a living). I am hoping it as simple as tweaking code on the microcontroller that is running things to improve power management.

I'll be watching to see how this shakes out, and am sure Maverick will figure it out and make it right.

[ddmcwhirter]

Looks like the Smoke and Dot probes would fit the Maverick. Anybody checked that?

[Huskee]

Doubtful. While I haven't checked to verify in this case, most makers' probes are all unique to their own devices. In fact Maverick's older units' probes won't work on this.

[snowswamp]

Nope, they won’t, at least not for me. That was the first thing I tried.😀 I might try again though just to be sure.

[awfurman4]

Ordered! Booya!

[richinlbrg]

I think an order was just placed for my upcoming bday! Was excited when I was first notified of the X-ray-50!

I also think these these must be a big seller as they are on back order! ANOTHER COMGRATS to David!

[Huskee]

Update on the battery issue. Since I was ignorant to the fact that good rechargeable batteries are still only 1.2V instead of 1.5V, this was why my display was still barely visible with fully recharged batteries. Plus the batteries they sent were trash, no-namers. Good enough for the 732s, good enough for the Smoke, but not up to snuff for this beast. So I used some nice higher-end Duracell Procell alkaline batteries, made for industrial use, meaning slightly higher charge and able to run in greater temp variations. Now the display works fine. I've had it going 48hrs now with 4 probes in it. I will let it run indefinitely until they die and update y'all with an expected run time on good alkaline batteries. These are non-lithium for the record. Lithiums may be my next test.

Had one probe reading about 10 deg high, but now they all appear uniform so that problem was temporary. I've had Smoke probes read crazy before too, so I don't get my curtains curled over that kinda thing here & there. Right now in my house they're all 4 reading within a couple tenths of a degree of each other. (71.8, 71.6, 72.0, etc). That's more accuracy than I care about.

[jfmorris]

Did those batteries run down yet?

[Huskee]

jfmorris Nope still goin' strong! This is day 4 round the clock and counting.

[jfmorris]

Huskee that is encouraging news.