TempSpike 4+

Incredible

I’ve used other thermometers that are like the Temp Spike by ThermoPro. I can honestly say this is the best one I’ve ever used. The other 2 I own always lost connection when I went indoors. Temp Spike doesn’t. It works perfectly. I only hope they come out with support for the Apple Watch. Proud to own another product from ThermoPro. They never let me down.

Missing functionality

I don’t know if it’s just a lack of experience cooking that creates a very narrow approach to companion applications for these thermometers, but there are some glaring issues that could easily be fixed.

First, why in the world do I have to select a meat type just to choose a target temperature? OK, fine. I can either create my own or use “No Profile.” Regardless, it’s ridiculous that I have to go BACK into the settings THREE LAYERS DEEP into the selected cook just to change the target temperature. Make it simple! Let me tap a button on the main screen, adjust the temperature up and down with a plus and minus, and that’s it! Don’t make me go back into a menu setting just to change it. Argh.

Second, why do I have the ability to set a low and high alarm for the ambient temperature, but I don’t have the ability to set the same low and high on the internal temperature? I know it seems silly to some, but when I am resting something like a brisket, pork shoulder, etc., knowing that it is not dipping below a certain temperature is important to me! It’s such a simple concept. This app could be so much better improvements. Also, to some other reviewer’s points, signal strength on Bluetooth connectivity is super helpful! Hopefully the developers are listening!

Developer Response ,

Hello, Thanks for the feedback, we will pass this information along to our factories for when we make improvements to our app in the future.

Hoping for an app update

I’ve been a fan of ThermaPro instant read thermometers for years. I believe this product is a great value and quality, however the app is not intuitive or modern. It feels like it was built by a hardware/software engineer and not a proper product designer with a solid understanding of what the user experience should be.

As others have mentioned, you have to select a meat before setting ambient hi/lo temps.

I wish I could do this for the meats including three internal temp settings: a low setting for the chance my heat source goes out, internal temp when I should pull the meat off of the heat source, and a resting temp for the expected rise in temp after pulling meat from the heat source.

Having preselected and custom settings for each meat type is good, but I’d like to skip the meats and just enter the temps mentioned above.

Next, I love the idea of the graphing but almost every time I start a cook, I forget to start the recording. The buttons are not intuitive and easy to gloss over.

If I were to define the best flow for myself, I’d walk the chef through a series of steps:
1) set the necessary temps,

2) insert probe and check Bluetooth connection with temp readings,

3) start button to begin the recording (and stop button for the end)

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the feedback, we will pass this along to our developers so they can look further into this.