Dan <intrceptor@gmaildotcom> wrote in
:

> charlyhorse wrote:
>> Hi I'm fairly new to this group but I've messed up a fair amount of
>> beef on my offset in past. I needed a new thermometer and was looking
>> at Lowes home improvement online and ran across a neat little
>> talking thermometer with remote capabilities, it ran just under $30
>> usd. It's an Oregon scientific AW131. Tried it this weekend and I
>> had a problem getting the sensor and reciever to talk to one another
>> but once they did it worked pretty well. I could keep an eye on my
>> temperature and the football game without leaving easy chair.While
>> I'm not sure I'll use the programmed settings too much it did serve
>> as an alert when fire got too hot... be nice they had one that
>> alerted when temp dropped as well. I was just impressed with it
>> over all and I thought I'd pass the info along.
>>
>> a link to Oregon Scientific with some specs outlined.
>>
>> http://oregonscientific.factoryoutle...793-3986/Orego
>> n- Scientific-Thermometers-AW131.html
>
> The Maverick is a dual temp thermometer that will watch the food and
> the smoker. I have used mine at 75' though a concrete block wall with
> great results. It won't talk to you but it has alarms you set for
> minimum and maximum smoker temp as well as maximum (finished) food
> temp. It's great for the overnight cooks.
>
> BTW- On the Maverick to sync the receiver and transmitter you only
> have to turn them both on at about the same time. It's very simple.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Maverick-RediC...hermometer/dp/
> B0000DIU49
>
> Dan

Well dang... Wish I'd shopped a lil farther But I suppose this one
will do me. as to the sync it should have worked the same way on
this unit but I had to depress to press the reset a couple of times
since then it's not dropped out.