Traeger Thermometer Phone App. Instead of having to carry some new gadget around the house, all you need to do is keep your phone handy, which is something you probably already do anyway. Traeger app lets you control the ironwood 885 from anywhere. (so it has basically unlimited range) like the traeger's wifire grill, only far more configurable.
Now with each new release issues are ironed out, where as with and old thermometer if you don’t like how something works it’s impossible to change. The concerning thing is that the meater can tolerate an ambient temperature of 527 degrees and the meatstick 572 degrees.
Traeger app lets you control the ironwood 885 from anywhere.
The app is basically a mediocre recipe book, and a limited controller. You could view the temperature change through the graph. The app will send you alerts for various stages of cooking. A second probe allows you to keep track of how hot your grill is getting.