I first want to thank our sponsor
ThermoWorks
for the recent Throwdown prize….. a two probe RFX…..
First up before I ever received the unit I received an email from ThermoWorks customer service telling me it was on the way.
The email contained a YT link on how to set it up.
Next was an app link for the phone app followed by an animated step by step set up and lastly written step by step with pictures of each step…..all the learning styles were covered!!!
What’s in the box….another set of set up steps, directions on charging, and use instructions for the person that wants paper……
It comes with the gateway, gateway charger, an air probe for the gate way, two meat probes with wireless aaa battery charging cradles and color rings (many extra)
I will note that this runs on the 2.4 GHz WiFi so be sure you have that turned on before you go through the set up.
The setup is very simple, you add a device, name it, and pick a probe color, the WiFi is added by the name and password. It took me all of 2 mins to get it up and running….
Oh and if you want to change the name or color that can be done any time after the setup, ie you can see I missed a space in probe 2…..err so found it was easy to update it….the pics below I fixed that missing space!!!!!!
Each of the meat probes has 4 sensor locations that make up an average temp as the single temp pic shown above. You can also set it to advance mode and see the average and each of the individual sensor temps as well. Shown below….these temps were from sitting out on my office desk for an hour to make sure things were normalized…..
You can also set how fast the gateway and meat probes send data, ie for extended battery you can pick a longer interval, for shorter cooks (grilling) a shorter interval.
Next up the ice water test….
I mixed up a small glass of ice water and let it sit for 5 mins with a few stirs to equalize the temps to a reasonable uniformity (PS I’m going for BBQ unit of temp not instrument level….). I also grabbed my thermapen one, and executive needle (LOVE THIS UNIT!!!!) to compare things.
In the water they go……
Here are the RFX…. Bingo all are in the BBQ unit of temp……I couldn’t get my middle in the same location as the others for the pic but when I held it it was within .4 of a degree as well……
Next up I put the gateway air probe in and it was right on as well….
After that I took them out and put them all right next to each other on the counter to let them normalize over 40 mins….the handhelds were spot one with each other
The RFX….
Ok now I’m way impressed now……
Oh when you put the meat probes in the cradles they have a flashing light to indicate charging that stops when they are at 100%. The instructions say to change the aaa battery at least every year regardless if it has a charge left. The unit came with the aaa already installed.
So the above was just my out of the Phase 1 box take and so far I’m really impressed and excited to try them out!!!!
Phase 2 of my review will be testing them hard core…..grilling a couple 1.5 inch thick NYs I picked up tonight…..Ie I will be testing the 1000 degree rated exposed end on the gasser…..I will also shorten the response time to max signal sharing…..
Phase 3 will be a low and slow of this beef chuck (look at the marbling!!!)
More to come………
PS I’m going to be eating good this week!!!!!!
Double PS I can NOT believe these are Walmart cuts….i read that they got their own beef processing set up and man oh man if they keep this up my wife will ban me from shopping with her……. I also heard Costco was working on doing the same….

First up before I ever received the unit I received an email from ThermoWorks customer service telling me it was on the way.
The email contained a YT link on how to set it up.
Next was an app link for the phone app followed by an animated step by step set up and lastly written step by step with pictures of each step…..all the learning styles were covered!!!
What’s in the box….another set of set up steps, directions on charging, and use instructions for the person that wants paper……
It comes with the gateway, gateway charger, an air probe for the gate way, two meat probes with wireless aaa battery charging cradles and color rings (many extra)
I will note that this runs on the 2.4 GHz WiFi so be sure you have that turned on before you go through the set up.
The setup is very simple, you add a device, name it, and pick a probe color, the WiFi is added by the name and password. It took me all of 2 mins to get it up and running….
Oh and if you want to change the name or color that can be done any time after the setup, ie you can see I missed a space in probe 2…..err so found it was easy to update it….the pics below I fixed that missing space!!!!!!
Each of the meat probes has 4 sensor locations that make up an average temp as the single temp pic shown above. You can also set it to advance mode and see the average and each of the individual sensor temps as well. Shown below….these temps were from sitting out on my office desk for an hour to make sure things were normalized…..
You can also set how fast the gateway and meat probes send data, ie for extended battery you can pick a longer interval, for shorter cooks (grilling) a shorter interval.
Next up the ice water test….
I mixed up a small glass of ice water and let it sit for 5 mins with a few stirs to equalize the temps to a reasonable uniformity (PS I’m going for BBQ unit of temp not instrument level….). I also grabbed my thermapen one, and executive needle (LOVE THIS UNIT!!!!) to compare things.
In the water they go……
Here are the RFX…. Bingo all are in the BBQ unit of temp……I couldn’t get my middle in the same location as the others for the pic but when I held it it was within .4 of a degree as well……
Next up I put the gateway air probe in and it was right on as well….
After that I took them out and put them all right next to each other on the counter to let them normalize over 40 mins….the handhelds were spot one with each other
The RFX….
Ok now I’m way impressed now……
Oh when you put the meat probes in the cradles they have a flashing light to indicate charging that stops when they are at 100%. The instructions say to change the aaa battery at least every year regardless if it has a charge left. The unit came with the aaa already installed.
So the above was just my out of the Phase 1 box take and so far I’m really impressed and excited to try them out!!!!
Phase 2 of my review will be testing them hard core…..grilling a couple 1.5 inch thick NYs I picked up tonight…..Ie I will be testing the 1000 degree rated exposed end on the gasser…..I will also shorten the response time to max signal sharing…..
Phase 3 will be a low and slow of this beef chuck (look at the marbling!!!)
More to come………
PS I’m going to be eating good this week!!!!!!
Double PS I can NOT believe these are Walmart cuts….i read that they got their own beef processing set up and man oh man if they keep this up my wife will ban me from shopping with her……. I also heard Costco was working on doing the same….
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