Maverick ET-732 for $49 on E-Bay

Actually
, I misstated the price.......it's cheaper. $46 and $7.50 shipping.

Thanks of mentioning this ad. I got the ET73 and not long after I did a BUY IT NOW saw the 732. Really wished I had spent the extra money. For what these go for I may have to buy one. I looked and he/she (husband wife outfit) have a lot of items for sale and pretty good feedback numbers. If you used PayPal to pay for it you are covered - if something is not right with the item you file a complaint. Any honest merchant would kindly replace it or refund your money. Hmmm.

Just bought two of them, shipping is cheaper per unit the more you buy.
Shipping was $6.16 for one, and $8.10 for two.

Wayne B

Replacement probes are $12 each + s&h. It's probably better to buy the whole thing at that price!

Thanks for the tip, nine left...

I ordered one and used it for the first time tonight. It works great!

If you lose the instructions, they are online. I laminated mine and keep them handy.

Any tips on battery life? Used the batteries that came with the unit a few nights ago and left the units on overnight. Should I replace the batteries before another overnight smoke?

FYI -- these are still available.

I purchased two for $101.49 total w/shipping.

Previously I've purchased them on Amazon.com for $60 w/free shipping. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IMA718

I think my probe went out on mine. It's reading 272 in the living room and my chicken was over 300 internal. I emailed them, but have not heard anything back yet.

Thanks for the link. Snagged one tonight. Anyone got a good lead on the best price for the replacement probes???

I ruined about 3 before I realized they aren't really resistant to a lot of water. Now I use some heat shrink material that you use on wiring. Slip the sleeve over where the wire goes into the probe and shrink it down with a little heat and haven't had one go bad since.

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Originally posted by mbailey:
Thanks for the link. Snagged one tonight. Anyone got a good lead on the best price for the replacement probes???

I ruined about 3 before I realized they aren't really resistant to a lot of water. Now I use some heat shrink material that you use on wiring. Slip the sleeve over where the wire goes into the probe and shrink it down with a little heat and haven't had one go bad since.

Thanks for the tip, my meat probe starting reading 240 on a cold brisket so I knew I was flying blind (nothing new for me) - then the other day it did the same for a bit and then the display showed HHH, quick Yahoo search and I knew I needed a new probe. I see them on eBay for about $15.00... Want to upgrade to the 732...

I'll try that shrink material on my new one...

Chaplain Bill:

Make sure you have the probe plug TIGHTLY inserted. When I got my 732 (from the same folks) it read HHH which I assumes means too high. I had to play with the plug and really push it in before it would read right. Then it worked fine.

This is the first time in a long time that I have measured the actual smoker temp... and I put some steaks in to smoke at about 190. Next thing I know the smoker is at 250 and I had to dump a lot of heat. I think I need to pay more attention to the temp probe inside the smoker. It's pretty dirty right now but I never worried about it.

Anyone know if you can run 2 of these maverick probes side by side? I assume if you wait a few minutes to start the second one it would lock on to the correct signal. If they didn't you could have a bunch of confusion at the competitions!

Just checking before I bought another one. I really like the fact that you can set the low smoker temp alarm for the "just in case" scenario. I really like my Oregon Scientific thermometer but it doesn't have all of these bells and whistles.

I have 3 I use at the same time.

Wayne B

Don't even need to wait a few minutes. Once the first one has linked, just start the second set. I used a magic marker to identify which transmitter is giving the signal to which receiver.

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Originally posted by mbailey:
Anyone know if you can run 2 of these maverick probes side by side? I assume if you wait a few minutes to start the second one it would lock on to the correct signal. If they didn't you could have a bunch of confusion at the competitions!

Just checking before I bought another one. I really like the fact that you can set the low smoker temp alarm for the "just in case" scenario. I really like my Oregon Scientific thermometer but it doesn't have all of these bells and whistles.