Flame Boss 500 High-Temperature Straight Plug Meat Probe

1 review for Flame Boss 500 High-Temperature Straight Plug Meat Probe

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   Rated 1 out of 5

   gougeman (verified owner) – July 26, 2020

   I bought several of these a while back as additional probes to use to monitor different points of my brisket. As much as I love my flame boss itself, these probes are of poor quality and poor reliability. Of the 3 I bought, one had exposed wires where the metal probe and cable join (the insulated cover for that joint was down the cable somewhere and the braid was fraying). A second was poorly crimped at that same point so the actual sensor slid around inside the metal stabby bit. After struggling to get consistent temperature readings, I took all 3 probes plus my pit probe and suspended them all in the same pot of water which I heated slowly on the stove while using the flame boss to graph the temperatures and cross-checking with my Thermapen. The pit probe that came with the boss was consistent and mostly accurate. The meat probes differed from each other by as much as 20 degrees Fahrenheit and bounced around instead of making a smooth curve like the pit probe. One meat probe would randomly spike – at one point up to 600 degrees – which explains my random temperature alarms when actually smoking.

   I kept the best of the 3 and threw the others away. I am searching for better-quality third-party probes which are compatible with the Flame Boss.

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     Bob Hack (verified owner) – July 28, 2020

     Hello,
     Thank you for contacting us. We apologize that you are having probe issues and have forwarded your inquiry to our customer service department. They will reach out to you soon.

     Thanks!