Ninja - ProChef Wireless Thermometer Indoor & Outdoor, 700◦F, extended battery life, long range connection, waterproof - Black/Silver

Was hosting Thanksgiving this year and decided to use my pellet smoker to cook the Turkey. Picked this probe up on a Black Friday deal and used it to monitor the Turkey. App was very easy to use and the probe did a fantastic job, turkey came out perfect. I would suggest reading through all of the directions at first, because it wasn't initially obvious that the charger/case portion of it needed to by the probe so I did have connectivity issues at first. But once I actually read how to use the thing properly, it worked great. Can't wait to use it again.

All my life I have been winging it when it comes to cooking steaks, meatloaf, chicken, and turkey. Pretty much any type of meat or poultry that requires longer cooking times due to its thickness. This as you can imagine has caused me to end up with mixed results. I do believe that you can use recipes online or a web search and come up with a close estimate as to what you are cooking and how to end up with the perfect cook, however one thing that those estimates will always vary is the actual thickness of the meat and the heat source you are using to cook the meat. The Ninja Pro Chef Wireless Thermometer is the answer to this variable. This thermometer monitors the internal temperature of your meat in real time and this way you can see exactly what is going on inside of your cook. The NOT so GOOD: I will mention right now the big downside to this device which was NOT explained or advertised when I selected this thermometer. The instructions CLEARLY state “DO NOT use the thermometer with frozen protein or cuts of meat thinner than 1 inch”. This is a huge downside for me as my normal cuts of meat range from ½’’ to ¾’’. I expected to be able to use this in my normal day-to-day cooking but as per the instructions I will not be able to. I am not sure why this is not allowed, but it limits the different use cases and may be a deal breaker for some. I just wanted to mention this first because as mentioned earlier, this was not transparent when I selected this product. Okay now onto the GOOD: Build Quality – The thermometer is built very nicely. The case is a mixture of metal and plastic. It feels very sturdy and does not have any creaks when handling it. The thermometer itself seems like very high-quality materials also. I can’t be sure, but the main stem seems to be a form of stainless steel perhaps with an unknown material at the top. The thermometer snaps securely into the case for storage and charging. All around I am very impressed with the materials used to build this device. One thing to mention is the case is not rechargeable, it uses an AAA battery which some may like because you can quickly get the device up and running, but I think many would prefer that it was able to be recharged via USB. The Application - So within the app you can choose the type of protein you are going to cook, then it will ask you to choose the level of doneness with a target temperature associated with that level of doneness. Once selected you can hit start monitoring and get to cooking. It’s very easy and intuitive to use. I was worried it would be complicated, but it wasn’t. Real World Use: Today I went to the store and selected a nice NY Strip Steak that was over the 1-inch requirement. Normally we wouldn’t select a steak this size just because it could prove to be difficult to cook properly without using a thermometer/probe. We followed the directions to insert the thermometer in the middle of the meat, and to the minimum insertion line (well past that) and threw it in a cast iron skillet to start the cook. Using the app, we saw immediately the inside temperature of the steak was at 49 degrees. Soon after contacting the skillet the temperature started to rise. The application auto- calculates the remaining time, when to flip the steak and when to remove the steak to allow it to properly rest. While it was resting there was a count down timer also to let you know when it was ready to slice and serve. I must be honest with you, if you are going to use this to make a BIG turkey, Chicken, Meatloaf, Pot roast, this thing is going to change the way you cook and should give you professional results. The steak came out perfect. The first slice, then the second and seventh, all perfectly cooked to how the app was set. The device takes all the guess work out of cooking complicated pieces of proteins, and I think that is something really great. I am looking forward to holidays when we will now be able to set the app to the temperature we want and forget about the conventional way of timing the meat, which at best gets you close to or sometimes over the level of doneness you are aiming for. Who is this for? I will say if you’re someone who wants to take all of the stress out of cooking large pieces of meats, worried about under or overcooking them, this is for you! If you’re trying to level up your cooking mastery, or just want to make your life easier, then this is for you. I wasn’t sure how it would work or if it would do a good job, but I am here to say that so far we love this wireless thermometer. I highly recommend giving this a go for all the reasons mentioned above. Cheers!

I’ve been thinking about getting a wireless meat thermometer recently. The one I currently use are the ones you stick in to take the temp, but you can’t leave it in the grill while it’s cooking. While the stick in one works and does the job, a wireless one is more convenient. With the Ninja ProChef, hopefully I can up my BBQ game…no more overcooked chicken or ribs! That’s the idea anyway. Setup: The Ninja ProChef thermometer setup took less than a minute. Insert the battery, download the app, connect to Bluetooth and that was pretty much it. I found the app to be very intuitive and easy to use. Simply select the type of meat you’re cooking, beef, pok, chicken etc, then select the cut of meat. From there, you need to select your doneness setting and click start. That’s all, very simple. Testing the ProChef: I tested this out with some ribeye steaks. Yes, I had to sacrifice my slightly elevated cholesterol levels for this review! I made sure I inserted the thermometer into the steaks past the line as indicated by the sticker that was on the thermometer and as shown in the app. I also had to have the case within 5 feet of the thermometer. I selected medium rare. The steaks didn’t take long to cook, about 10-12 minutes. So this is where I had some confusion. The thermometer recommended temperatures seem to be about 5-10 degrees lower than other sources. For example, ribeye at medium rare, the app recommends 130 degrees. If I were to look at the chart on my Weber grill, it suggests 145 for medium rare. When I googled it, there seems to be a fairly wide range, 130-145 degrees. So I’m not saying the ProChef is wrong, as it does fall within the range, just the lower end of the medium rare range. We found 130 degrees a bit too rare for our tastes, I had to put the steak back on the grill for a few minutes. Comparing the other meats on the Weber chart to the thermometer’s recommendation, it’s consistently 10-15 degrees lower on the thermometer, which is fine, as long as I know what tempt to look for. Alternatively, I can also use the “manual” mode, this bypasses choosing the meat you’re cooking and you just set the temp you want it to alert you at. It would be nice if I can personalize my thermometer, for example, be able to change the temperature I like for medium rare. Another bit of criticism, it seems they want to make the app more fancy with you selecting meat and then the type of cut. But the temperature for almost all the cuts are the same temperature. For example, chicken, whether it’s breast or thighs, bone in or boneless, it’s 165 degrees. Same with beef, medium rare is same across all the various cuts. Overall this is a very nice thermometer with some great features and I like it very much. The design of the thermometer and the case is very simple and has a nice look to it.

I was taught to cook by my parents, and when it comes to meat, there were two options - either grill it until it was charcoal, or in the oven it was the "insert the fork and you can tell by how it goes in/comes out". Neither of these two techniques served me well - so was excited to test the Ninja Pro Wireless Thermometer. the tldr; is this is amazing, and will have you cooking chef quality meat in no time. In the box. - Ninja ProChef Thermometer/Charging Station - AAA Battery Setup Setup is easy. You'll need a penny to unlock the secure battery compartment, insert the battery, wait and hour for the probe to charge and you're ready to pair. For pairing, you need to download the "Ninja Pro Connect" app. It's free. No registration required. Pairing is via Bluetooth, was fast and there are helpful instructional videos. There was no firmware or software update needed for my first use. Using the Ninja ProChef In use, the Ninja ProChef is FANTASTIC! When you insert the probe, all you need to do is insert to the minimum insertion point (marked on the probe itself and you will be reminded of this by the app on first use). Everything else is then controlled by the app and the Ninja Pro Connect App is perfect. I don't use that word lightly, it really is perfect. You select your protein and cut (Chicken, Beef, Turkey, Pork, even plant based meats), select the cut of meat, pick a done point, tap start and you're on your way! The Ninja Pro Connect app will let you know the cook time and alert you on your phone when you reach your desired internal temperature/doneness is met. Ninja rate the wireless distance at 165 feet. I was easily 100 feet away and there was no issue with connectivity - it seems to work by connecting to the base station/holding unit itself, which you need to keep closer to your grill/oven. And I had a big cut of meat, 5lb rack of lamb - so there was meat and bone and oven that (in theory) should have blocked signal. Either way, the ProChef is impressive, as I was skeptical thinking my oven would act like a faraday cage but I didn't lose connectivity once. There are some things I don't know yet. Mainly battery life. Ninja rate the battery at 30 hours. Based on my last cooking time, that's somewhere between 15-16 uses. I think this is more than reasonable given the sophistication of everything (Bluetooth, App Connectivity, Heat). I did discover, that the main unit DOES have a magnet. So you can stick the Ninja ProChef on your fridge when not in use. I point this out as it's not clear or obvious when you look at it. Verdict The proof is in the cooking. The rack of lamb I cooked using the Ninja ProChef was the perfect medium temperature. I am impressed, as I struggle with rack of lamb. I can't wait to use this during Thanksgiving on Turkey (another meat I normally struggle with). I really can't fault the Ninja ProChef and if you wanted to up your meat and BBQ game, this is a brilliant investment. Your tastebuds and family will thank you!

I love to grill so I am confused why I waited so long to get into smart thermometers. All those overcooked steaks and the stress of trying to time it all out based on coal burn….WELL NO MORE! Got the Ninja ProChef and was super excited to give it a try. I own a bunch of Ninja products and love almost all of them. I love them…. because they deliver quality and outstanding results and the ProChef is no different. Out of the box you will need to charge it for an hour (so plan accordingly). The charging mechanism is brilliant and could not be any easier. The base station (which also doubles as the Bluetooth booster to your phone) charges it automatically when you store it! It will be ready when you are!! The base charging station/Storage needs a double A battery which they provide. It also comes with an easy QR code for the app and I was off. The thermometer itself feels well-built. It’s easy to place into a steak and stays put when turning the steak. It synced right up to my phone and in minutes I placed the steak on the grill and the steak internal was 41 degrees and the ambient grill temp was 430 degrees. I watched as the internal temp started to creep up a degree at a time. The Ninja ProChef app calculates the cook time and makes sure to factor in the “rest” period for the steak! Nice. It started out by telling me it would be done in 16 minutes but be sure to keep an eye on it because as the grill got hotter, the cook time became shorter. I pulled off the steak and the app counted down until it told me the steak was perfectly cooked! AND IT WAS! It was so nice not to have to worry about it or keep sticking it with a dumb thermometer… such a guess in the dark really. I can’t believe I resisted this tech for so long! Just amazing and Ninja knows cooking. Overall …Ninja has a great app, top-quality design and function and OUTSTANDING results! Note: As they mention in the instruction (which I did not listen to), be sure not to touch the thermometer with your barehand…It’s hot…and it was!

I’m a man in my forties so needless to say I’m into smoking meat. It’s either that or watching WWII videos, which I also do on the weekends but mostly I’m smoking something lol. I have a bunch of thermometers but have always wanted a wireless probe for a much easier process. I trust Ninja as I have multiple Ninja products and they’re all still working and haven’t let me down. This is a great company y’all, can’t say enough about their products. I have a barrel smoker, electric smoker, and have recently graduated to a Traeger pellet smoker. I love the set it and forget it aspect to a pellet smoker. Recently, I have been having issues lately keeping consistent temps with the Traeger. Little did I know this little Ninja wireless thermometer would help me correct those issues. I’ll get to that in a minute, first to go through some of the particulars. Pretty basic components and very simple to understand how it all works. There’s the charging hub, the probe, and a battery. The battery inserts into the bottom of the charger and boasts a 30 hour battery life according to Ninja. The slot to open the battery compartment is very easy to use and they made it so you can use some change in your pocket to open it if no screwdriver is handy. (photo) Good idea to download the Ninja app before you get started. I did have a little problem getting that to load up. It sat and laoded for quite some time which was irritating. (Photo) Once loaded and set up I will say the app is very intuitive, straight forward and very easy to use. Make sure you follow the directions and charge the probe for at least an hour before using it. It would be a bad idea to have it run out of gas half way through your cook. For my review I decided to smoke a pork shoulder. It’s one of the easiest things to smoke and I had one in my freezer I really needed to cook before it went bad. After the hour I put the probe in my pork and put it on my smoker. The hub is nice in that is magnetic on the back so you can stick it on the side of something near your smoker, or on the smoker if there’s an area that doesn’t get hot. I have a pull out tray so I kept it there. You need to keep the hub near the charger to keep the Bluetooth connection strong. Here’s where I get to tell you how much this probe helped my recent cooking issues. The probe not only tells you the temp of what it’s placed in, it also tells you the ambient temp in your smoker, oven, or whatever device you’re using to cook with. I quickly realized I was not up to the 220 F temp I wanted for my cook. I was only getting around 165 – 170F so I turned the dial to 250F on the Traeger and gave it 10 minutes. The probe was still only reading 185 – 190 so I turned it up to 275F on the pellet grill, now, finally I’m getting 220-225 consistently. Quickly realized that my Traeger has been inconsistent for a while and thanks to the Ninja probe now I know that!! Once I got closer to getting through the stall period and getting to 170F , I checked the app and I was at 167F at 4:02pm. I realized the battery was only showing 45% on the probe. (photo) At that point I was 6 hours into the cook, I started it at 10am. I’ve smoked some pretty big briskets that have taken well into the 14 hour or more mark for time. I was worried thinking about how it would handle something like that. Hopefully if you give it more of a charge than the initial hour, it can handle it. Because again, nobody wants a dead thermometer half way or more through the cook. Almost forgot to mention, it’s not like you can leave your house and pull up the app 5 miles away and expect to know your temps. I believe the range is 150 FT for your app to pick up the signal. Back to the cook. I usually wrap my shoulders at 170 and got hasty with my foil and the probe poked through the foil on the first try. Just be careful when wrapping around the probe as it’s very hot #1, and #2, last thing you want is all that magical rendered fat and flavor to leak out of your wrap job. Once it got to where I wanted it, I took it out and rested it. The battery was still in the teens and easily handled the remainder of the cook and the pork shoulder turned out great. (photo) My first experience with a wireless probe was a great one thanks to Ninja and bonus, I got my pellet smoker inconsistencies figured out. Can’t wait to smoke something else to try it out again!! Defintely recommend this to anyone who wants to get into smoking or to up your game. I would trust Ninja before any other company that makes wireless probes.

The Ninja-ProChef Wireless Indoor / Outdoor Thermometer is such a nice option to have around anytime you are cooking. No matter if its in the oven, toaster oven grill, smoker or air fryer you can use the thermometer as long as your cooking temperature does not exceed it 700° top end range of the device. You can either pick a catagory and use pulldowns for the doneness and internal temperature of the meat you are cooking or enter it manually. It has catagories of Beef, Beef Roast and Chicken, leaving the manual option I guess of you are cooking thick pork chops, tenderloin or pork roast. The range between the base and the thermometer is only 5 feet and between the base and phone around 12 feet, so you dont have to stay right at the grill for example, but you are not going to go that far away and still keep an eye on the cooking temperature. It gives you the internal temperature of the meat as well as the ambient temperature in the appliance you are using. It updates you along the way and will give you an estimated done time as well as when to pull the meat from the heat as well as when it is done after its resting period. I had it set up today for a nice Beef Strip Steak, medium well, however after following all the prompts I ended up with more of a medium to medium rare. It was still delicious but it was a bit under cooked based on what it told me it would be cooked to. Still a very nice device and a very nice 1.5" prime NY Strip it helped me grill today.

I love that this wireless thermometer takes the guess-work out of cooking meat. The app paired the device quickly and easily with my phone. To use, you just tell the app what kind of meat you are cooking and what level of doneness you prefer (rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, or well-done.) Then you insert the probe at the thickest part of your meat and begin cooking. The probe measures the ambient temperature inside your cooking device as well as the meat temperature and you can watch the temperature reading as it rises in the app. It also gives you an estimated completion time in some cases. (See the FAQs on the Ninja website for exceptions.) It tells you when to remove the meat, and since meat continues to cook for a short while after you remove it from the heat, it gives a short “resting” time for the meat. Then it tells you when it is done. You also have the option of doing a “timed cook” or a “manual setting”. If you click on “Charts” in the app, there are chef-tested cooking charts for different kinds of meat and different cooking devices, such as oven, air fryer, grill, smoker, etc. You can’t connect with more than one phone at a time, but you can set up the app on more than one phone. On my first try using the thermometer, I cooked 4 pork chops on the outside grill. One was slightly larger than the others, so I used that one to put the probe in. The thermometer behaved exactly as it should. It kept track on the app of the ambient temperature inside the grill, and also kept track of the internal temperature of the pork chop. When the pork chops were 5 degrees from being ready, I got the notice to remove the food from the grill and let it rest. When it reached the correct internal temperature, it told me it was done. And yes, the pork chops were perfectly done! My second attempt was cooking Cornish Game Hens. I cut the hen in half so they would lay flat on the grill. Then I inserted the probe into the thickest part of the chicken breast. The meat was less than an inch thick, so I didn’t expect good results since the instructions say the meat needs to be at least 1 inch thick. However, when the app said the food was done, it turned out great!

I’ve been testing out the Ninja ProChef Wireless Thermometer for a few days and it’s definitely a must have tool when cooking. Whether I’m grilling outside or roasting something in the oven, this thing makes it so much easier to nail the right temperature. Indoor Cooking: I first tried it out with roasting chicken drums, and I was impressed by how easy it was to use. You just insert the probe, select the meat type on the app, and it tells you exactly when it’s done. However, the app didn’t have chicken drums as a selection so I just manual set temperature. No more guessing or cutting into the meat to check if it’s ready. I liked how it syncs with my phone so I can just keep working in the kitchen without hovering over the oven. The app gives me real-time updates, and when the chicken hit the perfect internal temp, I got an alert. The result? Juicy, perfectly cooked chicken without any guesswork. Outdoor Grilling: Now for the real test—outdoor grilling. I love grilling but always worry about overcooking steaks. The Ninja ProChef made it so much easier. I could monitor the steak from a distance, without constantly checking and guessing if its done The wireless range was decent, though if I wandered too far, the connection would sometimes get spotty. But for the most part, it was reliable, and I could keep an eye on things while hanging out with friends. The app again was super helpful, especially with different temperature presets for rare, medium-rare, etc. What I Liked: -Accuracy: The thermometer was really spot on in terms of temperature. I’ve tried other thermometers in the past that were a bit off, but this one seems really precise. -Convenience: Being able to step away and still monitor my food is a game changer, especially when grilling outdoors. -Ease of use: The app is simple, and it guides you through the whole process. You can pick the type of meat, set your desired doneness, and then just wait for the alert. What Could Be Better: -Connection range: Indoors, the connection was great, but outdoors I noticed the signal would drop if I went inside or wandered too far. I wish the range was a little better, especially for backyard grilling when you’re not always standing right by the grill. - Probe size: The probe is a little on the larger side, which is fine for bigger cuts of meat, but for small cuts its too big - more meat selection in the app but I guess you can just do manual. Overall, the Ninja ProChef Wireless Thermometer has made cooking, especially grilling, a lot more stress-free for me. It takes the guesswork out of getting the perfect doneness, and while the range could be improved for outdoor use, it’s still a solid tool for anyone who takes their cooking seriously. I’ll definitely keep using it for weekend barbecues and indoor roasting.