ThermoPro TP20 500FT Meat Thermometer

If you cook with charcoal, this is a must-have. Controlling your grill's temperature is crucial to turning out great food. The temperature difference between my Weber's built-in gauge and the ThermoPro probe resting on the grate is about 100 degrees! And the ThermoPro reacts faster and more accurately to the vent adjustments and temperature fluctuations. The best way to test this product was by barbecuing chicken wings. The trick is to cook them so the skin is browned and crisp, not burned, and the inside is done. So the grill temperature needs to be about 425-435 degrees to render the fat without flare-ups. With the ThermoPro, I was able to quickly tune and stabilize the Weber's temperature to that range. The wings turned out perfect! In the past, I've burned and/or undercooked them or exhausted my coals. The manual is pretty straightforward, except for describing how to use the grill clip. That clip is supposed to be sprung under tension between two of the grate's struts, with the probe inserted into its holes, resting about an inch above the grate. I attached the clip BEFORE putting the grate on over the hot, spread-out coals. Like another reviewer, I prefer using a separate receiver rather than a Bluetooth app on my phone to monitor the temperature. The signal was strong 35 feet and one wall away.