Barbecuing is a whole cooking discipline in its own right. Whether it’s gas or charcoal grilling, there are a huge number of BBQing ways, tips, tricks, and tools that you can use. I recently bought a brand new Ichef Bluetooth Meat Thermometer – Maverick ET-73.
Review – Ichef Maverick ET-73
Over the last few weeks, the Kiwi housemate and I have been looking for any opportunity to add to the charcoal grill we bought.
We’ve tried all types of meats, we tried Charcoal instead of briquettes, a chimney starter, a BBQ set, a decent knife set, a saucepan, and now we have an iChef Bluetooth meat thermometer.
Maverick ET-73 – Bluetooth Meat Thermometer
Always wanting to improve the sublime art of cooking over fire. We went to town playing with the Ichef meat thermometer.
Firstly the good
It is pretty robust, considering it’s being stuck into meat and being baked at 200c °C or higher temperatures.
It is accurate
It’s now been used twice. And it seems to be right on point with its internal meat temperature.
It’s well priced
I got mine at BBQ Galore’s store, for $49.9,5, for what it is, it works well.
Preprogrammed temps
This is a great feature when you pair it with the app on your phone.
Now the bad
The Bluetooth distance it works at is very short. So far, I have it tracked at about 5 meters. Which sort of defeats the point. You may as well walk the extra 5 meters and look at the main screen display.
Over on the Ichef Meat Thermometer
I like the unit, but the short distance you seem to get with Bluetooth really takes away from it. You can buy a cheaper unit just as good.
I am looking to upgrade in the next few months to a wifi model. I want ot be able to throw a roast onto the charcoal grill and go down the street and check on the temperature. Yes, boujie, I know. You can buy it through Amazon.
