The $200 gadget that stopped me ruining meat on the BBQ

I've overcooked a duck breast. I've undercooked a pork belly. I've cut into a perfectly good piece of steak "just to check" and watched the juices run out onto the chopping board while I stood there like an idiot.

Then I bought a Meater Pro, and I stopped doing all of those things.

It's a wireless meat thermometer that pairs with your phone. You push the probe into whatever you're cooking, close the lid, and walk away. Your phone tells you the internal temperature in real time. Your watch buzzes when it's time to act. No wires snagging on the rotisserie. No opening the lid every ten minutes to check. No guessing.

It costs about $200 and it's the single best purchase I've made for barbecue cooking — ahead of the smoking boxes, ahead of the books, ahead of everything except the BBQ itself.

I wrote up my full BBQ setup this week — the two-Weber system, the wood chip technique that actually produces proper smoke, the recipes I keep coming back to, and the Big Green Egg I'm eventually going to buy.

Smoke, a Wireless Thermometer, and the BBQ Setup That Changed How I Cook

See you next Friday.

— Robert