Probes

[holehogg]

I have the Maverick XR50 Thermometer (actually 2 ) and I'm looking to order additional probes.
Are all probe jacks the same or is it brand specific.
I was hoping to get some with longer cables than the originals supplied.

[N227GB]

When I bought my Smoke, I was surprised that the alarm sounded exactly like my 20 year old Polder timer/thermometer. The probe that came with the Polder died a long time ago.

I plugged in a room temperature Smoke probe and the Polder registered 114 degrees. So at least in this case, the answer was no.

[Mr. Bones]

Maverick also seems to offer probes with 6' leads, vs th standard 3' fer th XR-50...although they appear to currently be out of stock.

https://www.maverickthermometers.com/product/pr-50bbq/

https://www.maverickthermometers.com/product/pr-50f/

I bought some longer cables fer my ET-732, an was much happier with em, made routin them properly much easier on larger cookers...

Might shoot em an email, see when availability will resume...with such a new product, I find it highly unlikely they have been discontinued...

Note: I haven't checked (yet) to see if Dave n Crew have any available, over at ABCBBQ

(Jus did: all they got is links to Maverick's site, so same same...)

[holehogg]

As always a great pleasure doing business with you Mr Bones. So I must assume that the probe jacks differ for each manufacturer.

[Mr. Bones]

Always my distinct pleasure to be of assistance, Brother holehogg

Unbeknownst to all, until this moment, I recently purchased an XR-50, to run through th trials...

I'll be wantin th same, longer cables as would benefit yer setup...

[RonB]

Some may work with other brands, but it's taking a chance to try. I seem to remember being able to switch brands at one point, but I don't remember the brands involved. However I am Thermoworks dominate, so that was probably one of the brands.

[SmokeyGator]

It’s not just the jacks. There are also varying types of probes. Some are better for low temperatures, some better for mid range temperatures, and some for very high heat applications. So even if a probe fits into a jack, it may or may not give an accurate reading. Or rather the probe WILL give an accurate reading, but the thing it is plugged into may give a false reading because it interpretes the data incorrectly.

[holehogg]

Thanks makes sense given your explanation.

[SmokeyGator]

Of course it can never be too simple. Nope. Someone has to intentionally design things to make things more complicated than necessary