Possibly looking for a new thermometer

I'd recommend the Thermoworks Smoke. Very durable and well made. Around $80 when on sale.

 

Does the cold affect the transmitter and LCD display?

 

I second the Smoke. I have one and love it. Easy to use, and precalibrated and accurate right out of the box.
I haven't noticed the cold affecting it at all.
Gary

 

My TP-08 has worked flawlessly ??

 

I love my smoke. As Gary said, the cold doesn't seem to affect it, as I have used it on different occasions this winter with the temps in the single digits.

 

I have a ThermoPro 820p. It is new (3 smokes) and still working great. However, from some knowledge with this and others I have read many times that often the problems are associated with user mistakes. The probes must must be handled very carefully to avoid problems leading to failure. I wrecked a couple of Maverick probes letting them get submerged while washing. I just concentrate on washing the tips which are the real temperature sensors. Also, getting kinks in the cables. I had some weird temps in the cooker before I found the tip slipped and was touching the grate. Hope these help.

P.S. it will be rare I use the Maverick again. Thermoworks 820p is such an improvement in simplicity!!

 

Morpilot off Amazon, 6 probes with Bluetooth base unit to phone app. High and low temp alarms on each probe as well as timers for each probe, alarm sounds on both base unit and phone app. I've had the $60 unit for a few months now and have 20+ smokes with no problems. I was water bathing a bolong case a couple smokes ago and the chub got away from me in the ice bath submerging the entire probe but unlike the maverick probes the Morpilot seems to still be working. I am careful when cleaning the probes not to get them to wet where the wire runs into the probe. I don't often use all 6 probes but it's nice to have the option to if needed.

 

I have a couple Maverik 732's that work good. But recently bought (on an Amazon lightning deal, thanks again lemans for the heads up) a Silipower 6 probe therm. This therm works great. I like the versatility of having the option to use multiple probes too. The price is real good, even if it's not on the lightning deal. Great 6 probe therm IMO!

 

I have the Easy BBQ you get 6 probes,the most I have used at one time was 3 probes

 

The Smoke is one I'm interested in but if you want to change temp, alarms etc. I believe you have to go out to the transmitter to make changes that wouldn't bother me but may be for some that aren't close by the smoker in the winter.

 

The Silipower and Morpilot look like the same unit with different brands and appear to use the same Easy BBQ Bluetooth program.

There's not a lot of talk about these units and most look down on them due to price but I figure in a year or so these are going to be the next great lower priced toy once enough people start using them.
I have had no issues with mine at all, I was having some weird temp issues compared to my MES internal probes and I kept thinking well this MorPilot unit must be bad so I tested the probes in boil and ice water multiple times over the last couple months and ran the Morpilot against my Mav 732. I've finally came to the conclusion that the Morpilot is rock solid and the MES is the issue so I went the PID route on the MES.

Also as a note I have hours and hours of smoke time on this unit, probably around 200+ hours, and just last night the base station finally drop one of its battery level bars. So battery life appears to be very good. I run the Easy BBQ program on a cheap tablet I have with most other function shut down, the screen dimmed to about 25% and I get about 8 to 10 hours constant monitoring before the tablet starts to complain about low battery.

 

This is the same one I have Richie, the EasyBBQ. It was sold under the silipower name. I've enjoyed it so far!

 

The alarm sounds on both the base and the remote. Much to my wife's annoyance when I am outside at the smoker and the remote is going off in the house.

 

I forget to exit the program or turn the tablet off when the food is done, I'll unplug everything and mess around with stuff for a few minutes then come inside to a beeping alarm and the wife not very happy. Now she just pushes the OK button to cancel the alarm.