Oregon Scientific AW131 Grill Right Wireless Talking Oven/Barbeque Thermometer

I bought this for my husband for Christmas, and it is fantastic! We do a lot of grilling all year, and this makes it particularly nice when the weather is cold. No going in and out of the house constantly to check the temperature of the meat! The remote recevier is really handy if you are multi-tasking, just clip it to your belt and it tells you when it's time to go take the meat off the grill. This has definitely helped to prevent a few over-cooked tri-tip roasts.

Every time I use this, I have to press the reset button multiple times before the base picks up the signal from the thermometer and annotates the temperature. It shouldn't be this hard to use the product, so I am not happy with it. When I turn it on, it should work. PERIOD. I will not buy another product from this company. It's made in China, and I'm finding out that made in China means poor quality and workmanship.

The AW131 worked perfectly fine the very first time, even the synch up between the probe and the display worked just fine. I measured cooked meat to be 70 Celsius and it got it right, it was perfectly done. The second try - a few weeks later, same thing, started at firdge temperature, then within a few minutes went up to 90 Celsius - the meat was not even warm were the probe was sitting. Sure, empty batteries was also my first guess, so I replaced both sets of batteries with brand new ones (all measured slightly below 1.6 V) and then the fun started. The display showed a room temperature of 210 F and I could not convince it that it was only about 70. No reset, no battery out, wait a minute, battery back in has worked. The only thing I have not tried yet (but getting ready to....) is the sledge hammer.
I had high hopes and was really happy with it after the first use - now I would not buy it again. I expect a thermometer/probe in that price range to be reliable - the one I got is a piece of junk...

Tom

Get rechargable batteries for this unit, if you buy it. And prepare to annoy your neighbors. It's loud and uses up batteries fast.

It worked great...ONCE! After the first time using it I thought it was the coolest gift I had received. Unfortunately it never worked again. I tried many times to replace the batteries, hit the reset buttons, and any combination of the two. I REALLY wanted it to work again, but alas it did not...The base station would not read the transmitter it would indicate good signal but the temp always read 32 deg. Save your money and buy a $20 wired digital thermometer.