The MeatStick WiFi Pro Set

Access To Raw Data
MeatStick provides access to the raw data for your cooks. Unfortunately, it isn't very useful except for taking a peek at individual readings as the readings are not taken at uniform intervals. Rather, readings are only recorded when either the ambient or the meat temperature changes. This makes using the data for graphing problematic. Nonetheless, you do have access to what data there is by going into the Cook History, selecting a cook and then saving the data. This allows you to send yourself a .CSV file containing the raw data:

Step 1. Go to the "Now Cooking" screen and select the menu icon in the upper left corner of the screen.

Step 2. From the menu, select "Past Cooks".

Step 3. From the displayed list of cooks, select the cook for which you need the raw data.

Step 4. When the cook is displayed, click on "Save".

Step 5. This will bring up your smart device's dialog for sending files. We chose to email the .CSV file to ourselves.

Step 6. This in turn will open up your smart device's dialog for sending a file by your chosen method.

Once you have the .CSV file, you can either edit it as is or rename to .XLS in order to view it as an Excel spreadsheet:

The raw data presented as a .CSV file.

The raw data presented as a spreadsheet.

Notes On Using The MeatStick

1. We'll emphasize once more that the line etched onto the shaft of the MeatStick probe shows the location of the temperature sensor. This is NOT a minimum insertion line. Always insert your MeatStick probes all the way up to the black ceramic handle.
2. The MeatStick probe readings can be accessed via direct Bluetooth, via the Bluetooth repeater/Extender, using WiFi via the WiFi Bridge, or using extended Bluetooth via the WiFi Bridge in Extender mode. Although it sounds a bit confusing, rest assured that the probes and the App figure out the best method available and the connections are made automatically.
3. We cannot stress enough the importance of keeping the tip of your MeatStick probes clean. If they are not clean, they won't charge. The result will be that the probes won't connect to the App and you won't really know why.
4. Keep your probes in the chargers and keep batteries in the chargers. The chargers will wake up every 8 hours and top off the charge on your probes so that your probes are always ready to cook.
5. Remember that to access the raw data, you must first end the cook so that you can now find it in the "Past Cooks" list.
6. If you are using the MeatStick probe which has an ambient temperature sensor, remember that the readings from the ambient sensor will be an inaccurate reflection of your cooker's actual temperature. This is because the ambient sensor is greatly affected by the temperature of the meat. Early in the cook, the ambient sensor will read significantly lower than the temperature of your cooker. As the cook progresses and the meat warms up, the ambient reading will slowly rise to approach the temperature of your cooker. Depending on how big the meat is and how long you are cooking, the ambient reading may or may not ever reach that of your cooker.
7. When displaying the cooking screen (the one with the graph) during a cook, if you inadvertantly tap on the graph, the time and temperature of that point on the graph will be displayed for a short period of time. Then the display will revert to the current temperature and time.

Summary
All in all, we have really enjoyed playing and cooking with our MeatStick WiFi Pro Set. Everything we have cooked has turned out exactly as we expected it to. We had essentially no issues during all of our testing and found it easy to set up and use. The BlueTooth range with the Extender is excellent and the Wi-Fi connection was rock solid out on our deck. We also like the concept of the smaller MeatStick Mini for smaller pieces of meat and shorter cooks. All in all, it has just been a great experience testing this product.

Availability
All the MeatStick products are available on Amazon or from the manufacturer's web site. If you use the following Amazon links, we get a small percentage of the sale price which is used to help support this web site:

Contact Information

Soma Labs, LLC
201 S Lake Ave
Pasadena, CA 91101

(213) 640-7869

Email: www.themeatstick.com/pages/support
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