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Meater Plus

Meater Plus

Scored on 155 verified owner verdicts, from 619 comments read across 4 communities
TL;DR
Owners love the fully wireless design, data-rich app, and often-accurate readings, but frequent connectivity drops, short range, and units failing over time are common complaints.

53% of 155 verified owners recommend the Meater Plus, based on real owner verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.

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What 155 owners say
619 comments reviewed · scored on the 155 clearest verdicts
53%
Recommend
82 owners
13%
Neutral
20 owners
34%
Don't recommend
53 owners
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Reddit
53%
153
Other forums
50%
2
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YouTubeiowner comments
29%
7
Affiliate blogsipaid commission
100%
2
No clear verdictiSetup, tips & quirks
1

Affiliate blogs here say 100% recommend, while the owner-based score is 53%. They earn a commission on every sale — so we show them for transparency but never let them move the score.

The headline score reflects owners (Reddit, enthusiast forums), independent lab tests, blogs with no affiliate links, and YouTube owner-comments when they line up with owners. YouTube and Affiliate blogs are shown for perspective but kept out here — hover the i for why.

What owners like
  • Often accurate internal temp readings · 24 · 15%
  • Monitor cooks from your phone · 16 · 10%
  • Good app with cook graphs · 14 · 9%
  • Fully wireless, no trailing probe wires · 12 · 8%
  • Reliable for oven and rotisserie · 10 · 6%
What owners flag
  • Frequent connectivity drops · 30 · 19%
  • Limited wireless range · 18 · 12%
  • Thick probe, dies or fails over time · 12 · 8%
  • Ambient temp readings often off · 11 · 7%
  • Inaccurate cook-time estimates · 9 · 6%
Who it's for
A great fit if
  • Oven and rotisserie cooks who keep the base close
  • Data-loving cooks who want per-cook graphs
  • Grillers who stay within short range of the cooker
Look elsewhere if
  • Anyone needing long, reliable wireless range
  • Cooks working with thin cuts of meat
  • Those wanting flawless out-of-box reliability

Synthesized from what Meater Plus owners say — not a spec sheet.

How buyers rate it elsewhere

Retailers' own star averages, for comparison — separate from our vetted owner-verdict score above.

Top quotes, sourced

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Reddit▲ recommend

The only thing g that counts is the center temperature which you can accurately measure with a meat thermometer. I use a Meater plus

YouTube▼ don’t recommend

Constant trouble with this thing. Says not close enough when phone, probe, and dock are all right next to each other. Getting ready to just throw this thing out!

Reddit— neutral

I like them. I have the single MEATER plus. I couldn’t get it to connect at all two weeks ago. Worked just fine yesterday. Internal temp is pretty accurate. Ambient temp is usually within 10 degrees of my Thermoworks smoke probe.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

Same thing with my meater plus. Worked amazingly for a few months, never abused it, and one day it just fails to connect to the block and drops signals when you're trying to cook.... I've given up on mine and it's a shame.

YouTube▲ recommend

The MEATER really is a great tool. It does what is says which is everything.

Reddit— neutral

I really like my Meater plus, but it stopped working about 4 months after I bought it.

Reddit▲ recommend

Have a MEATER plus, good for the joetisserie, no issues on my end after a year or so.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

Be careful on the Meater plus, I had the same thing and after couple cooks the innards of Meater came out when pulled it out.

Reddit— neutral

I don’t love the range despite having the Meater Plus (don’t get the one without the range extending unit). It keeps track of previous cooks nicely.

Reddit— neutral

I have a Meater Plus and haven't had any issues, and mine gets used regularly. I get roughly 50 yards range before I have app connection issues. The battery has never died on me for even large brisket.

Reddit▲ recommend

i use the pro 575 and a meater plus probe. never had an issue

YouTube▼ don’t recommend

Mine is not very old and I’m having problems with it taking a charge.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

I am extremely disappointed with my Meater Plus. Its finicky. It's a diva. The wireless connection is spotty at best. I could have the charger less than a foot away and my bbq maybe 3 feet away from my wifi router and the connection will spontaneously drop and will refuse to come back.

Reddit▲ recommend

I bought the MEATER plus about 6 months ago and that thing is great. It’s been dead accurate.

Reddit— neutral

As the single meater plus has limited range so your phone needs to be within 10 meters or so for signal not to drop. Once back in range you can see all your cooking stats again, you don’t loose anything.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

they are utter shit products. I bought 3 of their "plus" products, and neither worked as advertised in my pellet smoker. The blocks couldn't "see" the sensors except for when the smoker was open. what's the point of these things if you can't use them with the smoker closed?

Reddit▲ recommend

I love my meater plus, I'm not on the cloud, just extended bluetooth

Reddit— neutral

I got a meater plus recently and it’s really nice , though the estimated cook times are awful Other than that works well just clean the charging end well

Reddit— neutral

I have a Meater plus and it’s solid, except the cooking times are absolutely terrible. The temp seems to be reasonably on though so overall it’s decent.

Reddit▲ recommend

I use a MEATER Plus. Used it for about 6-8 months no issues. First time on a brisket though and it was solid.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

I’m not a fan of the type of thermometer like the Meater Plus as,afaik, the probe’s battery is not user replaceable and I wouldn’t want to buy an expensive probe that will only, potentially, last a few years before the battery

Reddit▲ recommend

I have a Meater plus and it's fantastic in the oven. I wouldn't use it in a bbq or smoker.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

The meater plus is a great concept with mediocre execution (fairly easy to kill it by overheating if you’re not careful), and awful customer service (took me 2 weeks to get a response from them).

Reddit— neutral

bought the meater plus when it was on sale, my only gripe is it reaches the external temp limit if Im really searing the shit out of my meat on the BBQ

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Common problems & things to know

Practical notes owners raise — setup, quirks, and issues to watch for. They don't say whether the person likes the product, so they're not counted in the score, but they inform the pros, cons, and who it's for.

Redditⓘ good to know

I used a Meater Plus probe that consistently showed the ambient temperature in the Traeger was 25 degrees lower than the set temp (i.e., I had to set the Traeger to 250 to get an ambient temp of 225). I didn't independently confirm the ambient temp, but I did cross-check the meat readings with my Thermapen, and they agreed every time