Is MEATER worth the price, or has ThermoMaven / CHEF iQ caught up?

This is the most contested question in the category. The MEATER Plus still has the deepest review base and a high-trust endorsement from pitmaster.amazingribs.com, but r/smoking and r/BBQ threads are increasingly mixed, with multiple users calling out battery drain, connectivity hiccups, and ambient-probe accuracy. ThermoMaven and CHEF iQ get strong specialist-subreddit consensus for similar or lower money.