Maverick ET-733 thread
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Wow! I've been at work, and not really looking at the internet lately. Surprised to see so many replies. Thanks to everyone for keeping the Q&A going, especially Bear. I'll sort through this stuff when I get a second, and put it in the FAQ section. Right now I just got off work for the night, and there's no days off in sight. Guess there's worse things.
Yep, like being unemployed. I know that one first hand. But I'll be using my new ET-733 for the first time this weekend.
timberjet
Master of the Pit
It just dawned on me that you were confused about the "Rough Side".
If you read that again, you'll realize I meant the "Rough side of the scrub sponge", not the rough side of the probe.
Bear
welshrarebit
Master of the Pit
The 733 comes with two hybrid probes so you can use two for meat or two for smoker temp. The readout by default meat probe temp and smoker temp but you can change the receiver readouts; dont ask me how! I usually hand the instructions to one of my daughters and ask them to figure it out.
Oh jeez. Bear, did you ever watch the classic Bugs Bunny cartoons where he said "What a maroon"? I'm who he was talking about even though it was a few years before I was born.
dandl93
Smoking Fanatic
buck1949
Smoke Blower
I have had that happen to me.... especially when the meat was cold....... I simply unplugged the probe from the unit..... reset to start...and after a few minutes (around 5 minutes) things came back to normal. Hopefully that is all that was wrong with your probe/reading.
dandl93
Smoking Fanatic
I tried unplugging it all day and resetting it nothing worked.I will in the next week call Maverick service and see whats up.I hate paying those oversea phone charges almost cheaper to throw it away and get another.hahahahahahah
Dan
welshrarebit
Master of the Pit
That happened to the first time I used it. I found out the probe wasn't plugged all the way into the transmitter. Try pulling it out and put it back in all the way; that cleared it up for me and hasn't happened since.
Maverick has a "Help" Email Address, and a Toll Free Number:
Maverick Industries, Inc.
94 Mayfield Avenue
Edison, New Jersey 08837.
1-800-526-0954
Tel: (732) 417-9666
Fax: (732) 417-9673
[email protected]
Bear
dandl93
Smoking Fanatic
Bear
Thanks for the info I am going to play around with it today.Then I will try the email addr the 800# will not work from where I live.
Dan
Oh Crap----I didn't look at your location!
I see why it doesn't work.
My Son's Field manager went to Canada two weeks ago, and he got a lot of business calls for tower work, while he was there. Even though he was only a few driving hours away, the cell calls were $1 per minute!!
Bear
dandl93
Smoking Fanatic
I have Magic Jack on my computer sense it is hit and miss with are internet service here.It works ok with calling family and friends but for business it is not that great. If they put me on hold the phone call would cost more then a new therm.hahahahahaah
Oh Crap----I didn't look at your location!
I see why it doesn't work.
My Son's Field manager went to Canada two weeks ago, and he got a lot of business calls for tower work, while he was there. Even though he was only a few driving hours away, the cell calls were $1 per minute!!
Bear
Dan
Very interesting. I also used my ET-733 yesterday for the first time and the meat probe read HHH so I unplugged it. I was smoking baby back ribs so I didn't need it anyway. Next weekend I'm smoking a beef brisket and I'll see how the meat probe works then.
I've got the CDN version of a thermocouple instant read therm which works great but I didn't need to use it yesterday.
rob sicc
Smoking Fanatic
Hi,
I am a newbie so I hope my question isn't too simple or just dumb.
I ran my first successful smoke this past weekend. I've read your thread and have one important question. How do you use it? What is it for?
There are 2 probes. I'm guessing the probes are to monitor 2 pieces of meat at once, am I correct rigth? This has all been so foreign to me, I thought I'd ask.
This is strictly to measure the temp of the meat as it's smoking? The thermostat on the CC door is still to monitor the chamber temp? Do I have this correct?
If I have one of these thermometers does that mean I don't need an instant read thermometer? At least I don't need an instant read thermometer right away?
Please let me know and again, I"m sorry if I am wasting your time. I do feel that I know so much than I did last week. I also feel like I don't know anything but I love learning about smoking.
Ciao,
I am a newbie so I hope my question isn't too simple or just dumb.
I ran my first successful smoke this past weekend. I've read your thread and have one important question. How do you use it? What is it for?
There are 2 probes. I'm guessing the probes are to monitor 2 pieces of meat at once, am I correct rigth? This has all been so foreign to me, I thought I'd ask.
This is strictly to measure the temp of the meat as it's smoking? The thermostat on the CC door is still to monitor the chamber temp? Do I have this correct?
If I have one of these thermometers does that mean I don't need an instant read thermometer? At least I don't need an instant read thermometer right away?
Please let me know and again, I"m sorry if I am wasting your time. I do feel that I know so much than I did last week. I also feel like I don't know anything but I love learning about smoking.
Ciao,
addertooth
Smoking Fanatic
Rob Sicc,
The purpose of each of the "hybrid" thermometers is programmable. You can set one or both thermometers to measure meat temperature. You can program it to give you a BEEP warning when the center of the meat has hit a target temperature like 165 for birds, 205 for pulled pork. You can set one or both thermometers to monitor grill temperature instead. You can program it to give you a warning BEEP when the grill gets too cold (adjust the vents, stoke the coals or add coals/wood), or when the temperature gets too high (close the vents, or if desperate, remove excess burning coals). It's range is much better than my wireless ChefMate from Target. It requires 2 AAA batteries for the transmitter/base and 2 AAA batteries for the remote monitoring unit. My only gripe about the unit concerns how its configuration isn't terribly intuitive. Fortunately, there is a great thread on this forum on configuring the ET-733. It is yet another great tool which allows you to smoke meat without hovering over the smoker like a nervous hen-mother. My next toy will likely be a Pitmaster IQ110/120.
Addertooth
The purpose of each of the "hybrid" thermometers is programmable. You can set one or both thermometers to measure meat temperature. You can program it to give you a BEEP warning when the center of the meat has hit a target temperature like 165 for birds, 205 for pulled pork. You can set one or both thermometers to monitor grill temperature instead. You can program it to give you a warning BEEP when the grill gets too cold (adjust the vents, stoke the coals or add coals/wood), or when the temperature gets too high (close the vents, or if desperate, remove excess burning coals). It's range is much better than my wireless ChefMate from Target. It requires 2 AAA batteries for the transmitter/base and 2 AAA batteries for the remote monitoring unit. My only gripe about the unit concerns how its configuration isn't terribly intuitive. Fortunately, there is a great thread on this forum on configuring the ET-733. It is yet another great tool which allows you to smoke meat without hovering over the smoker like a nervous hen-mother. My next toy will likely be a Pitmaster IQ110/120.
Addertooth
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knifebld
Smoking Fanatic
Thermometers that come with the smoker most likely aren't at the level your food is at so a probe can be set on the rack with your food and one in the meat your smoking, Adjust your smoker by the chamber probe you put at food level.
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