CHEF iQ Sense Smart Wireless Meat Thermometer with Ultra-Thin Probe, Unlimited Range Bluetooth Meat Thermometer, Digital Food Thermometer for Remote Monitoring of BBQ Grill, Oven, Smoker, Air Fryer

OK, my opinion, this is a great device. Let me start with the capability of connecting by either blue tooth, OR the internet. Yep, that's right, in case you missed it, this device connects via the internet, which can give you much more roaming freedom in your home. The pairing and net connection set-up was quick and painless. Item comes in a nice solid, good looking case. I checked temperature variation immediately, by placing this item and two different portable units into a glass of water. All were with 1-2 degrees of each other, with this unit being in the middle, one degree different from the other two. I can live with that!! One thing they do get cheap on, helping you charge the unit. This item takes a type 'C' USB cable, to plug into a USB socket. They give you no wall device, OR a charging cable. From headphones to cellphones, I have plenty of type 'C' cables, so it was no big deal. On charging, another item, the blitzy item description states up to 40 hrs. of usage possible. When you look at the manual, it states that fully charged, it may get up to 15 hr.'s of cooking time. That is a BIG drop down from 40 hr.'s, but is still plenty of cooking time. BTW, when you plug it into charge, a green light will start blinking on the base. You need to charge the unit until the green light turns solid, keeping the tool installed in the base. The manual estimates full charge time at 3 hours. As like with a lot of stuff that has batteries, be aware that you most likely will need to charge the unit if their is a good while between usages, or even if you use it a lot. Batteries always run down, in everything. It is a normal happening. Overall, I am happy with the item, and yes, I would recommend it at this time, prior to actually cooking with it. If the story changes after my first cooking session, I will update this posting. UPDATE: Remembering that I had a 2nd oven, I ordered the three probe set also. Now I have a 1 probe set, and a 3 probe set, so that if I am cooking meat in both ovens, I have temperature control. First thing I did with the 3 probe set was to test their reading capability. As I did with the first probe set that I previously purchased, I put all three probes into a glass of water. Two probes had the same temperature, and 1 probe was a degree lower. That works! COMMENTARY: Noticed a few reviews where folks stated that they could not register the probes. As a 'just in case', thought I would mention something. When the unit first arrives, the probes are inside of the case, resting in plastic sheaths. These sheaths prevent the probes from making contact with the metal contact plates in the unit. No contact equals the probes do not charge, and neither can the main unit 'see' them. So when you are charging/registering, made sure you get rid of that plastic sheathing that the probes are resting in. Just pull probes out and remove the loose plastic sheathing. TESTING: If you are not going to use for a while, or if you are giving as a gift, later on, test, test, test. There is just one piece of tape that you have to cut to open the box do it. Save yourself some potential grief if you find out the unit is defective, after the return period has expired. Charge the unit fully. This will test if all items are recharging. Put probe(s) into glass of water and let sit for a good while (hours) measuring temperature. You want to see if the probe(s) are registering the temperature over time and that the temperature is being picked up by the app. You could also lay the probe(s) in a pan covered with parchment paper (to keep probe(s) from touching pan), in the oven for a while, to test heat readings. UPDATE: It is now April 20 and I have been using the probe since purchase in Jan. Have to tell ya, these probes are a life changer. They have worked flawlessly, allowing my meat to come out absolutely perfect! I can cook multiple type of meat at the same time, with one of my probes stuck into it. You select the type of meat you are cooking and the probe software automatically pulls up the right temperature for the meat to be ready at and alerts you as to when rotation is needed, or the meat is done. FANTASTIC!! One big thing to keep in mind, not all pieces of meat cook the same way. The size matters, and with the probe, it concentrates on the piece of meat that it is stuck into. If you have a thermometer, have multiple pieces of meat, and just insert the thermometer into one piece, that is just judging that ONE PIECE for temperature. Smaller pieces will cook faster that large, and if you have a mixture of sizes, cooking times will vary, and you need to be on top of that. The probes will automatically do that for you. The fact that I do not have to deal with WIRES makes this sooo much fun! Any serious cook should have this probe set!! You can be guaranteed to have meat cooked to perfection, all the time!

I previously owned the MEATER, owned by Traeger. Unfortunately, I erroneously had the temperature in the grill too high which resulted in the MEATER failing on me. It was around 500 degrees Fahrenheit. I threw it out and did not think to get another Wifi thermometer until recently when I saw this model in action. I was given the URL for this particular unit on Amazon. I received it in a timely manner (Thanks Amazon). I opened the unit, downloaded the app for it and began toying with it, to try it out. It connected to my iPhone with relative ease and the interfacing app works great. It is also labeled for those using VoiceOver and Spoken words. Also, thankfully, I do not have to worry about damaging this unit because it will work up to 750 degrees plus. PROS: Easy to set up, easy to use, nice quality, great app CONS: None noted at the time of this review

2 Year Update: Don't waste your money. I did love these but they just don't laste. I don't use them often but I usually fill my smoker when I smoke so I bought the 3 probe modle. One probe quit working pretty early on but was outside of the return window so I threw it away & used the 2 probes. They are always dead so you have to charge everything including the base before a cook. the second probe stopped holding a charge & would only work about 5 minutes after taking it out of the base. Now it causes my base to keep rebooting if I try to charge it. I paid way to much for these to not work any better then they do. Also know that if you use alumimun foil that you will have to poke through the foil because it will completly block the signal even with the base 2 feet from it. Another update: I was getting ready to return these but wanted to do some extensive testing & comment here with my findings. My testing proved my last opinion was not completely correct. I set all three in a shot glass of water inside of a pan of water so I had more control of the speed at which it heated. I also used a third probe that I trusted more. I very slowly brought the temperature up & tested often. All 3 kept the same reading as I heated them & only 1 degree lower then my trusted probe. this was the case all the way through 130 degrees. 130-155 they stayed the same as my trust probe then went back to 1 degree lower up to 187 degrees. This was as hot as I could get them in my testing setup. I am back to being happy with my purchase with a couple of exceptions. I did send a message to the company through the app but I never heard back from them. This site said I would be contacted in 2 days but I wasn't. I still have issues with the app. Lastly the charge does not last as long as it says. The base only last 8 hours without help. The probes last about 12-14 hours. Also not that the temp overshoots about 5 degree if you pull it when they tell you(this was on turkey breast & chick I tested it in). You can adjust for this in the cook settings though. ------------------------------------------- Update: I removed this update. It was my opinion at the time but ether they received an update or something changed. -------------------------------------------- This is fun to use & works pretty good. I cook a turkey breast & the finished product was perfect. However, it did over shoot the temperature by 5 degrees. The app also freezes. I have to keep force closing the app & reopen it to start over. Also Aluminum foil greatly reduce the distance of these. If I sat my hub right beside the chamber then it has worked so far. Other then that, the distance is amazing.

I use this primarily with a small Traeger smoker and have cooked turkey, tri-tip, brisket, pulled pork, and ribs using this device. Each time the device was accurate and produced delicious results. My only complaint about this product is the multiple notifications to my phone and via the speaker on the case about it losing connection. The smoker is about 5 feet beyond my glass doors to the back yard, the speaker case is sitting on a table a few inches from those glass doors, the ISP gateway is 3 feet from that, and my phone is on a counter in the kitchen within a few feet of that. Every time I use the device I receive roughly 2-6 notifications about disconnections and then within a few seconds to a minute it is reconnected again, so distance as interference shouldn't be a factor. I did notice that if the probe is wrapped in foil with the meat then I lose connection all together, so I have to tear a small hole in the foil so the probe sticks out. It would be nice if the app had an option to increase the time-out threshold from the probe (to say 1 minute), so that the frequent disconnect messages would stop since they generally resolve themselves in a few seconds. Other than that, the phone app is easy to use based on if you're making a recipe or going by the cut of the meat, and also accounts for meat resting time during the cooking process. The estimates of time left can vary in accuracy when I use it on the smoker, but the temperatures appear to be spot on and alerts appropriately when the required temperature is reached.

Okay. First, I waited for three months to give it a good chance to perform. What I can say is that the internal temperature readings appear to be be accurate within a degree or two of my other two hand-held probes. The issue I have is this, if you are relying on the external temperature readings of this product DO NOT BUY IT. it is inaccurate by sometimes over 100 degrees. I can stick all three probes into a piece of meat on the Traeger set to, and reading at 300 and the external readings of the three will (and have) ranged from 180-250. In that same situation the internal temps will range between 1-5 degrees, which is fine. The app is nice and easy to use. It will actually calculate cooking time which would be great BUT because the external temps are so bad the "cooking time" is completely useless. If the external temp is reading 100 degrees off there is no accurate way for the app to calculate the remaining time. I hate this because it would be nice to be able to go do things knowing I have X number of hours before my meat is done. One final complaint is the range. I have to keep the "charger" within 10 feet of the probes or I am constantly losing connection. This seems to be limited to probe #3. The photo is some Prime Rib my son cooked with the probes.

I bought the hub + 3 probes, for $159.99, right after Christmas 2023, and it arrived in 24 hours. =========== Setup: 8 I installed and launched the Chef IQ app, from the Google Play store on my phone (as instructed by the quick-start pamphlet). The app then guided me through the remaining steps. The first thing it instructed was to double-tap the hub's power button. But it didn't power on. I realized the hub's battery may need to be charged, but it doesn't come with a charger... only a USB-C to USB-A cable. (Most folks likely have spare USB-A wall chargers laying around, but it still would've been nice if it was included.) I found a spare charger, plugged it in, double-tapped the hub's power button, and it powered on. The app's instructions should be changed to include instructions to plug in the hub first, prior to tapping the power button. (Someone less savvy may assume it's defective and return it.) Next, the app asked to allow Bluetooth access, then choose my WiFi network and type my WiFi password. Then it asked me to update the hub's firmware. That took 5-10 minutes to complete. No issues. Now here's the kicker: it makes you create a Chef IQ account, and *verify* your email address, before proceeding. That should not be required, just for a meat thermometer! Annoyed, I provided a fake name, and used one of my throw-away emails (where I don't care if it receives spam). I received a verification email in my email inbox, clicked the link, and within seconds, the Chef IQ app automatically proceeded to the next step: registering the probes with the hub. I placed the probes in the hub's probe-charging slots, and it quickly recognized each one, and registered them in seconds. I left everything plugged in to fully charge. The probes finished in 15 minutes. The hub took 2 hours but communicated just fine with the probes during that time. =========== Accuracy: 7 To test the accuracy of the probes, I tested them in ice water as well as boiling water. I submerged the probes in a thermos filled with ice water, and swirled it for 2 minutes. I hoped they'd show 32 or 33 F, but they never went below 34 F. The ice was all the way to the button, and the probes were fully submerged in the water. They should've shown 32 not 34 F. Next, after acclimating the probes back to room temperature, I submerged them in boiling water. Within 15 seconds, they all showed 212-213 F. Excellent. Aside from my slight disappointment, it's of no real consequence to me, if they're 2 degrees off at near freezing temps. What's important is that they're accurate at higher temps. In that regard, they do operate within specs, at +- 1 degree F. Some probes on the market have a higher accuracy (0.5 F), but they also cost much more than these probes. Given their price, I'm happy with their accuracy. =========== Reliability: 9 I did a 4-hour test, where I moved the hub into another room, 40 feet away from the probes. All 3 probes remained connected to the hub the entire time. The only time one of the probes lost connection was when I sealed the probes in a metal thermos for 2 minutes (during the ice water test). Probe #1 lost connection, while probes #2 and #3 remained connected. When I removed the probes from the thermos, probe #1 automatically reconnected in seconds. =========== Features: 9 Chef IQ includes features that other companies either don't have, or charge extra for: 4 sensors per probe, Bluetooth, WiFi, and a built-in speaker. Currently, the only sensors on the market with more sensors is the Meater 2+ and the Combustion Inc. probe, but they are $120 and $150 respectively. At $50 each, you can't beat the price of the Chef IQ probes. The 5mm diameter of these probes is also thinner than many other probes on the market. A couple negatives: 1) The hub doesn't have a built-in screen, This prevents my spouse from using the probes, as they're paired exclusively to my phone. A workaround is pairing them to a dedicated device (like a tablet or old phone), but that's not an ideal solution, as it's one more device that you need to remember to charge. 2) The hub only supports 3 probes. I sometimes smoke 4 briskets, and wish I could add a 4th probe. =========== App: 9 The app is pretty intuitive, with several tabs, at the bottom of the screen, for "Home", "Cook control", "Recipes" and "More" features. Both the "Home" and "Recipes" tabs include step-by-step guided recipes, with videos. Unfortunately, "Home" prominently features a "Just For You" section, with the first recipe being Chicken Francese, which requires the purchase and pairing of the Chef IQ Smart Cooker appliance with the app. Huh? How is that "just for me"? Why show me recipes it knows I can't actually make? Fortunately, the "Recipes" tab doesn't have that annoyance, and only shows recipes I can prepare with the probes, with "Oven", "Stovetop", "Grill", "Smoker" all clearly indicated in each recipe's tile. The Chef IQ team has clearly invested a lot of effort in creating these interactive recipes. Kudos for a job well done; it adds a lot to the experience. In the "More" tab, there's a cooking history (where I can view all my past cooks), change the hub speaker volume, custom name the probes, and other app tweaks. The app isn't overly-complicated which I like. But, one feature I hope they add is a way to export the cooking history (e.g., into CSV, XML, JSON, or similar format). For advanced users like me, providing a public API would be a neat feature, and I hope they consider adding it. The app and hub don't require WiFi (beyond the initial registration and firmware updates). This is important to me, because if the Chef IQ cloud site goes offline (or my WiFi or internet goes down), I can still set up and monitor my cooks via Bluetooth. =========== Ease of Use: 8 I think the hub's built-in speaker is a great feature, as it calls out what to do next. E.g., when it's time to flip the steaks, or when it's time to take them off the heat, it gives me a verbal message. That's really neat, as there's been times I've missed the notifications on my phone, in other companies' apps. But, as mentioned earlier: my spouse can't use the probes, since they're paired only to my phone. I really wish the hub had a basic digital display that showed all the probe temps. =========== Web site: 3 Their web site is mostly useless. You can't use it to view your cook history, or even to see your probes. At the time of this review, the web site doesn't even recognize your app's login credentials. I.e., if you register your email/password in the app, then try to log in to the web site, it won't recognize your email and you'll need to register again. Why does Chef IQ maintain separate login databases, between their web site and their app? Makes no sense. =========== Final score: 9 The probes are reasonably accurate, reliable, with decent battery life. If I run into any issues, I'll update this review. The hub includes great features, like Bluetooth and WiFi, and dunks on its competitors with a surprisingly helpful built-in speaker. But I do hope they consider adding a screen to monitor cooks without relying solely on the app. The app is intuitive, with a nice balance of usability vs configurability that should appeal to many people. I appreciate the app's guided recipes, and hope they start allowing the community to contribute their own guided recipes. I also like its seamless integration with the hub's speaker. I hope the Chef IQ team takes a page from Combustion Inc. and removes the annoying login/email requirements. Email verification is pointless! It's not like it's even linked to the (also pointless) web site anyway. Get rid of the needless login/email verification, or at least make it optional. Despite some annoyances, given the specs and features included at this price, it's the best value on the wireless probe market, and an easy recommendation. =========== ***6-MONTH UPDATE*** POSITIVES: I smoked two 15-lb briskets, in my Weber Smokey Mountain, and the probes' batteries lasted the entire 11-hour cook. Very pleased. NEUTRAL: In the aforementioned 11-hour brisket cook, the hub had to be plugged in, after a few hours. That's understandable, as it consumes more power, since it has to remain connected to the probes, and broadcast their data to the cloud. NEGATIVES: The app automatically purges your cooking history after 6 months, with no way to export that data. This is a very bad decision by Chef IQ and an unforced error. Why must these logs be purged? They're just tiny files that hardly take up any space; why not allow them to live on my device in perpetuity? Extremely annoying. If maintaining historical cook data is critical for you, you should buy a different brand. The ambient temperature sensor is often not accurate. As a result, the algorithm that estimates cooking times is often wrong and can't be trusted to plan meal times. Instead, I've been eyeballing the graphs and making common-sense guesstimates. CONCLUSION: Overall, I'm still pleased with these probes, and recommend them. But, the cook time calculations simply can't be trusted. And, the auto-purging of cook history is annoying. Let's see if Chef IQ fixes these 2 issues in future software updates; I'll update this review, if they do. Final score (updated): 8.5 =========== ***12-MONTH UPDATE*** NEGATIVES: Probe #1 broke on Dec 25, 2024, during Xmas dinner (within the 1-year warranty). After a half dozen emails, a phone call, and one month later, Chef IQ shipped out a replacement probe. Probe #1 was back-ordered, so I agreed instead to have them ship me a Probe #3 instead. They assured me that having two No. 3 probes will work fine, and that I can just rename one of them in the app. I'll just have to keep a mental note of which physical #3 probe is which when in the oven. Final score (updated again): 7.5

Fantastic product. Not having any wires tangling up on the grill or in the oven makes a huge difference. The setup was quick, the app is highly intuitive, and the internal/ambient temperature tracking is extremely precise. Well worth the investment!

I bought this wireless thermometer system to replace one of those wireless hubs that comes with wired probes. Those probe wires always got pinched in my smoker door, leading to inaccurate readings. I figured a unit that uses wireless probes would not have that problem, but I was wrong. The most significant problem is how often the probes lose connection with the hub. Shutting the door to my grill or smoker almost guarantees the probe(s) will lose connection with the hub. Even when I prop open the doors (which isn't always practical), the hub has to be super close to the food to keep a signal. If I am outside grilling or smoking, this often places the hub in direct sunlight, causing overheating concerns. To make things worse, one of the three probes failed within the first month. ChefIQ support has been helpful and is replacing it, but the whole process has been really slow. I also have major issues with the accompanying app. I really dislike apps that make you register and ask for data permissions the company shouldn't need. Plus, even on an up-to-date Pixel phone, I have gotten numerous Bluetooth security notifications in-app and have had to re-pair the hub multiple times. Also, during longer cooks, the app will time-out and not display notifications about your food in a timely manner. Honestly, I think someone less comfortable with tech, like my parents, would find this device incredibly frustrating to use consistently. Considering this costs roughly FIVE times the device I was using previously, I cannot recommend this.

Works amazing for my wife and I , perfect roast every time.

bought this after i had meater for a year, comes with all the bells and whisltes, promising to be a good product, i set it up based on the instructions and couldnt even pass one smoking session in my smoker without it disconnecting every few min, telling me to put the hub close to the probe even though it was less than 40CM away on the smokers shelf, sometimes the bluetooth DC and sometimes the wifi DC but all and all crappy product, dont be lured by the tech of it.

ChefIQ feel Aus is not their market so their app isn’t available in the local store. You need to jump through hoops and change the store on your device to install. This triggers cancellation of local subscriptions in the store. Stick to other brands.

es muy práctico y el software muy fácil de usar, que lástima que servicio al cliente de esa empresa no me resolvió,

Excelente opción para cocinar cortes de carne, deja la carne en el termino de cocción qué uno desea, va desde solo sellado hasta bien cocido, solo es cuestión de seguir las indicaciones en la aplicación, la app solo utiliza idioma inglés y eso puede causar muchas dudas, deberían tenerla en varios idiomas.