Maverick ET-73 v Weber talking thermometer

[CAWKY1962]

Hello everybody, I'm looking at buying a wireless probe themometer and am after any advice on these two. Is there any advantage to be had by buying the Maverick at £20 more than the weber?
Doing my first brisket tomorrow, got a nice piece from Bookers so if I make a mess of it by cooking too long or too short for that matter ,I dont want want to waste it next time. So any tips and advice will be greatly accepted.

[keith157]

I don't know much about the Weber, but it seems to be just a meat thermometer but the Maverick has 2 probes, one insertion probe for the meat and a seperate probe which can clip to the grill rack to measure the smoker temp as well, warning you of highs or lows. Doubtless someone here will have a better review having used both.

As an aside how much was your brisket, size and weight wise?

[Steve]

I own a couple of 73's and a newer 732, never used the Weber one. The dual probes of the mavs are handy and the pit probe is much more accurate than the dome thermometer on either a WSM or E20. My advice would be avoid the newer 732 as I know several people who've had ongoing problems with probe failures.

You should be able to find a 73 on eBay for a good price.

[CAWKY1962]

Hi Steve thanks for the advice on the Maverick, if you reckon the 72 is the best to have then I'll go for that.

Keith, the brisket I got is 3.3kg and is about 14" long, 5" wide and about 4" thick, but has a net around it and appears to be in 2 pieces. Should I take it out of the net and split it I'd like to eat about 6 tomorrow night

[keith157]

It's the ET73 that Steve's talking about. Have a look at Toby's Competition Brisket video it should answer all your questions, part of a series of 4 with more to come.

http://www.bbbqs.com/Forum/viewtopic.ph ... ket#p14342