I used my TempSpike IT-TP960 yesterday to cook a 20 pound brisket. I was concerned about its accuracy. I also used an instant read thermometer and a probe from my Big Smoker and for the last 5 hours it rested in my oven. I was surprised that the temps were always within 1°F or exactly the same. The oven would read 205° and the ambient would read 205°! I really really really didn’t expect that. Maybe I’m just lucky. It worked so well and the brisket turned out amazing! The ambient temp will lag behind the real ambient temp because it is so close to the cold meat. But as the meat warms the difference will become less. At one point the meat was 199° on the cooker probe, 199° on the instant read, and 199° on the TempSpike 960. I was so surprised they matched exactly.
My wife and kids got me this for Father’s Day. The internal temp setting and reading appear to work well. I did a chicken breast set it and when it beeped pulled off the chicken breast and it was cooked as desired. I am disappointed with the ambient temperature reading, the reading between my girl and the spike was 100 degrees off. I tried it in the oven as well and the spike ambient was roughly 50 - 75 degrees off each other. Like this product just not sure if I am doing something wrong with the ambient reading or what.
I had that issue OnE time but it was becuase I had the ambient end too close to the meat (touching) but as soon as I separated it from the meat it was doing just fine
Just bought mine in September but now the probe doest charge! It worked great when the probe charged the case charges no problem but will not charge probe...
Hello, This thermometer has an auto-off feature. It will turn off by itself after about 10 mins of being completely inactive. Please keep in mind that the probe has to be inside of the booster in order for it to turn off.
It’s good to charge it every 3 months if you use it or not. It only lasted 12 hours yesterday for me and I had to bring it in and charge it. I needed to charge it the day before.
From a temperature perspective, so long as you had the tip of the probe inserted into meat all the way to the line on the probe, you would be ok. However, the instapot can be a pressure cooker. That may be a problem, as the probe is designed for non-pressurized usage. If you have it vented, then you are likely ok.
Bought this a few months ago. Used it 3 times. Now the booster won’t connect to the probe. It’s as if the probe is missing entirely. Good thing this happened before I dropped the money on the twin model
@@digby4060 it worked longer than the first one and still keeps temp but the internal batter dies way before anything can be completely cooked. I’ve gone back to a wired thermometer but am looking at the Meater brand
Not liking this at all so far. I am in my first cook, and the ambient temperature is way off, like 50 to 80 degrees. I have another TP20 in the egg and meat to compare. Not a fan so far
The base was well out in the open. Le Cruset dishes are very thick and heavy. I just hope it’s not like this when I’m cooking something in my kettle bbq this summer! It’s not as thick so fingers crossed!
not a very good product. both temp sensors are way off. internal probe off about 20 degrees and ambient temp is off about 50 degrees. almost ruined my brisket but good thing I had a cheap $13 dollar thermometer that was accurate.
You must have gotten a defective one. In ambient room temp air, both the probe and ambient temp were spot on compared to a known accurate thermometer. In ice water, I was getting 33 degrees, which is also spot on. In boiling water, I got it to 208 degrees. However, the spike is short enough to where I couldn't get it all the way into the water down to the line without burning my hand from the steam. Therefore, I call it close enough to 212, maybe a couple degrees on the low side. That's why you always test your equipment before a cook.
@@bigman55434if you read threw the few comments here a lot of people are saying the same thing. The temperature being off is the whole reason I looked up this video.
