I received this item for my birthday. Initially, it was difficult to set up, and a little confusing. I got it working, and it seemed good. After about 20 minutes with the probe in the meat in the grill, it started going crazy, saying everything was overcooked. I checked it, and it seems the wire had melted. it had not been misused at all, I used it exactly as the manufacturer suggest I use it (on my Weber grill no less), and it melted into uselessesness.