CHEF iQ Smart Cooking Thermometer – App-Connected, Wireless & Leave-in Probe – Perfect Doneness Guaranteed for Grilling, Smoking, and Oven Roasting

I bought this to be able to monitor food cooking on my BBQ. Little did I know that the app basically is a computer that tracks cooking and has recipes and does much more. You enter all the necessary info and the app calculates everything for you and talks to you with a speaker built into the case, so it’s virtually impossible to screw up. For example, I BBQ’d some pork chops last night. You setup a cool on the app- choose what you’re cooking- poultry, meat, seafood, vegetables, plant based. So I chose meat. Then you’re promoted as to whether your meat is beef, pork, lamb, or veal. I chose pork. Then I’m asked the type of pork- chops, roast, belly, ribs, burger, sausage or sausage burger. I selected chops. Then I’m prompted as to whether they’re loin chops, rib chops or shoulder chops. I choose rib chops and I’m asked their thickness from 0.5-2 inches. I select 1”, then I’m asked the cooking method- grill, stovetop, oven, smoker or air fryer. I chose grill. Then it asks how you want them done- medium (145) medium well (150) or we’ll done (160). After entering that the app tells me to remove from heat at 155 to reach 160 target temp. Tells me the total estimated cook time will be 40 mins, which is 15 mins preheat, 20 mins cook time and 5 min resting time. I then insert the probe into the meat and put it on the grill. The app shows an arc on the screen with actual internal temp and bbq temp. And it has a marker where you should flip the meat and alerts you when it’s time to remove from heat. It also gives you an alert that it will soon be time to flip the meat and when it’s close to being done. So you get both visual and audio cues. When you’ve removed it from heat it automatically goes into a stopwatch timer for the resting period. It makes your cooking bulletproof. WAY BETTER than I expected. I love this thing!!. Bought an additional probe so that I can separately monitor two different items for cooking to different doneness, or for cooking two different meats at the same time. My only complaint is minor. There is no on/off for the probes. They charge automatically when in the case. But only one can charge at a time. You can store 3 Probes in the case at a time, but only one charges. So if you plan to use more than one probe and haven’t used it in awhile, allow 10-15 minutes to charge up the probe that hasn’t been charging. But other than that, the Chef IQ thermometer is AWESOME. You enter those parameters individually for each probe in advance when you setup a cook. And the app remembers what and when you’ve cooked something, so you can just use a ‘repeat’ previous cook if you’ve had great results that you want to replicate in the future.

Easy to use. Works well in oven, traeger and barbecue.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this. Well worth the money. It is a great quality and durable. The app makes it so simple it actually lets you select the meat, how you are cooking it, and it gives you directions all wireless from your phone. You can also attach to your wifi to see it from anywhere. Great buy and can’t wait to keep cooking.