Meater Block
Wireless Meat Thermometer

Display and Keypad
The MEATER Block contains a small display and keypad so that you can use it in Standalone Mode without the need for WiFi or a smart phone. The display is an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display that is 11.9mm wide by 23mm tall (0.47 x .9 inches). The keypad is a touch capacitive keypad with a Power On/Off key, a tools key, up/down/left/right arrow keys and an Enter key.

Using The MEATER Block in Standalone Mode
The MEATER Block has two modes of operation, standalone and WiFi. WiFi mode, of course, connects the MEATER Block to a WiFi network and allows monitoring of the four probes on a smart phone from anywhere you have internet access. Standalone mode allows you to use the MEATER Block without any need for WiFi or a Smartphone. You can set up cooks, monitor cooks, etc. without needing the Internet. So let's take a look at using the MEATER Block in Standalone Mode.

Power On: When you press the power on/off key, a red light above the display will light up for a moment. It will then change to a dim slow flashing mode to let you know that the MEATER Block is powered on. Then on the display you will first briefly see the "in progress" screen followed by the startup menu. Highlight "Standalone" and press "Enter" and you will then see the next screen which shows the four probes pairing with the Block. The circular icons will rotate while the probes are pairing. Once each probe pairs, the pairing icon is replaced with the word "Setup" showing that you may now setup a cook for that probe.

In Progress

Select Standalone

Probes are pairing

Probes are ready

Status Screens: The first screen below shows the battery level of the 4 AA batteries that power the Block. (If you use a Micro-USB cable to power the Block, the battery symbol is replaced by an image of wall plug.) Since at this point, there are no cooks set up, each probe shows "Setup" to let you know that you can select the probe, press "Enter" and set up a cook.) If you press the right arrow repeatedly, you will scroll through all of the five status screens. From left to right, the five status screens are battery level, time remainin on your cook, internal (meat) probe temperature, ambient (extenral) probe temperature and the target temperature for your cook.

Battery Level

Time Remaining

Internal Temperature

Ambient Temperature

Target Temperature

Below are those same five status screens, but now with a chicken cook set up for probe 1. Again from left to right you have a progress bar showing the percentage of time remaining, actual time remaining, temperature of the meat, temperature inside the cooker and the target temperature. Note that since we weren't cooking a real chicken, the time remaining screen shows that the MEATER Block is still trying to estimate the time remaining.

Progress Bar

Time Remaining

Internal Temperature

Ambient Temperature

Type of Cook/ Target Temperature

Set Up A Cook: To set up a cook, simply select one of the probes that has the word "Setup" beside it and press "Enter". You can then use the up or down arrow to scroll through all the cook setup options. If you don't like any of the available options, you can set up a custom cook.

Lamb

Poultry

Pork

Fish

Beef

Custom Cook

To set up a poultry cook, navigate to the poultry screen and press "Enter". You can now use the up or down arrow to scroll through all the poultry options.

Whole Chicken

Whole Turkey

Whole Duck

Breast

Thigh

We selected "Whole Chicken". Finally, you are presented with options for the target temperature. You can use the up and down arrows to scroll between the following options for Whole Chicken. You can choose the USDA recommended temperature, MEATER's suggested temperature for Medium Well Done, their suggestion for Well Done, or you can pick your own customer target temperature. The MEATER Block has similar suggestions for all the different cooks that you can set up.

USDA

Medium Well

Well Done

Custom Target

Set Up A Custom Cook: To set up a custom cook, simply select one of the probes that has the word "Setup" beside it and press "Enter". You can then use the up or down arrow to scroll through all the cook setup options. Select the Custom Cook option. The Block will show you a temperature which you can then modify using the up and down arrows. Press "Enter" and you will be taken back to the initial status screen. Notice that the word "Setup" has now been replaced with a progress bar.

Select Custom Cook

Adjust target temperature

Press "Enter"

Main Status Screen

Adjust A Cook: You can adjust a cook that is already in progress. Select the cook you want to adjust from the main status screen. Select "Adjust Target", then you can use the up and down arrows to modify the target temperature. Press "Enter" and you are returned to the main status screen.

Select A Cook

Select Adjust Target

Adjust target temperature

Main Status Screen

Cancel A Cook: You can cancel an individual cook that is already in progress. Select the probe/cook you want to cancel from the main status screen. Select "Cancel Cook", then "Yes" and you will be returned to the main status screen. Notice that the progress bar has been replaced by the word "Setup" to show that no cook is in progress.

NOTE: Turning off the MEATER Block will cancel all cooks in progress!

Select A Cook

Select Cancel Cook

Select Yes

Press "Enter"

Main Status Screen

MEATER Block Settings in Standalone Mode
If you press the Tools icon on the MEATER Block's keypad, you can view the Block status, set temperature units or reset the Block to factory settings.

View Block Status

Select Temperature Scale

Factory Reset

You can see below on the left what the Block Status looks like. Then you can see in the middle screen that you can set the temperature scale to either °C or °F. (Note that you can only change temperature units from the tools menu in Standalone Mode.) Finally, if you select Factory Reset, the Block will ask you if you are sure, and if you press "Yes" it will reset the factory settings and reboot.

View Block Status

Select Temperature Scale

Factory Reset

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