ThermoWorks Products Are On Sale. Question Regarding RFX Wireless Probe Kit

I couldn't get past all the negative reviews or justify spending so much money on something that may not work when I'm using it to cook a whole hog or turkey etc. I went cheap and honestly I have 0 regrets. This thing has worked flawlessly for me for 2 years and probably 6 hogs and 2 turkey cooks on an open flame rotisserie: PROBES


It's always been within 1-2 degrees when I compare it with my handheld probe thermometers, and has excellent battery life. I've had 8 hour cooks and used half the battery.

It doesn't have the furthest range, I try to leave it within 10 feet of whatever I'm cooking, but it has an app so you can watch remotely if you need to multi task. I was planning on buying this and hating it to convince myself to spend a bunch of money on a meater setup and that couldn't be further from what happened. Plus the fact that I could've bought 6 of these before I would've spent enough to pay for one RFX kit...

Not sure on the Probe Kit, but the Thermapen is one of the best tools in my kitchen. Highly recommend it.

Thanks Mr Bob for the detailed review.

Meater+ definitely had the better interface but accuracy....not so much.

I'd rather my probes be accurate and put up with a less than stellar app interface

If you’re unsure on the RFX, then get the Smoke X4.

It come with 4 probes, one of them set up for the grill grate. You can get the WiFi bridge for it too.

I have that one and the receiver will read in your house easily. I don’t how far I was from it the other day, but it was probably 50-60 yds and it was still receiving the signal from the unit.

It’s also compatible with their billows unit.

My experience with the RFX has been great. As others have said, the app interface sucks, but the probes are great. The range is excellent. For Thanksgiving, I had a turkey on the smoker and a duck in the oven. Each had a probe in them. I placed the receiver between the two, which was maybe 20 ft from the oven and 50 ft from the smoker. Everything worked flawlessly.

You won't regret the RFX. Mine has worked flawlessly for me. Yea, the app could be better. But the upside far out weighs the downside. Rock solid connection that works flawlessly. Outstanding customer service. My probes have consistently given me readings that are within a couple tenths of my thermapen one. So I trust the probes.

I initially got the 1 probe kit but quickly realized I could use 2 probes. At least.
So, keep that in mind.

You'll learn a lot about "carry over" cook on steaks and such during the rest.

Highly recommend

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No problems with my RFX connectivity and battery life have been awesome. I would get 2 at minimum.

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I ended up getting the 4 probe one. At $258 or whatever I paid it’s too big of a discount not to just go ahead and get 4 probes. Normally priced at $465. The 4 probe RFX and Thermapen One at $69 with shipping and tax was $326.09 delivered. Honestly that’s a good price. I run over to The Butcher Shoppe in Pensacola a lot to buy my meats. Overcooking expensive proteins is just not cool.

Is the ambient temp prob wired and separate from the meat probes? Is that annoying to not be fully wireless?

Meater plus 2 has been touch and go but I like that it reads both temps.

I've owned two sets of wireless thermometers - 1) Thermopro Tempspike model that would drop connection repeatedly and need to be reset; 2) early gen Meater that turned into a brick after some firmware update. Both went in the trash, probably $300 worth of hardware.

I'm currently using a Thermopro TP20 with a standalone base that is reliable and accurate. My thermometer and cell phone should not interact in any way.