ThermoPro TP17H Thermometer Review

The ThermoPro TP17H Thermometer is a four-probe thermometer designed for your oven, grill, or smoker.

The TP17H thermometer is an updated version of the very popular dual-probe ThermoPro TP-17 thermometer.

With both high and low-temperature alarm capabilities the ThermoPro TP17H can be utilized as an oven, grill, or smoker alarm thermometer.

However, you will need to be within earshot of the TP17H’s alarm if you do utilize it to monitor food on your grill or smoker.

If your grill or smoker is relatively close and you don’t do a lot of overnight cooks such as smoking brisket, then the TP17H would be a great kitchen tool to assist you in tracking your food’s temperature.

The TP17H is the first four-probe oven thermometer from ThermoPro, but it features more than just having additional probes.

I will discuss these new features as well as the usability, accuracy, durability, and price of the ThermoPro TP17H to see if it’s a thermometer worthy of your hard-earned money.

ThermoPro TP17H Digital Oven Smoker Thermometer

ThermoPro is one of the top manufacturers of thermometers on the market today. They produce many of the top-selling and affordable meat thermometers with thousands of satisfied customers.

The four-probe ThermoPro TP17H Digital Oven Smoker Thermometer is the most recent addition to its lineup of quality products.

You can see a definite progression in ThermoPro’s successive oven thermometer releases, constantly updating the features and usability with each model.

For instance, the TP-16 Oven thermometer had only one probe and no backlight. The TP-16s remedied the light situation but still only had one probe.

The TP-17 added another probe and along with it, high and low-temperature alarm capabilities.

ThermoPro listens to its customers and this helps informs their design decisions. You will see “Feedback Based Design” on the side of every ThermoPro product’s box.

This feedback undoubtedly has led to all of the new features that the ThermoPro TP17H exhibits. What are those features? Let’s look at them now.

Features of the ThermoPro TP17H Oven Smoker Thermometer

Here are all of the important features of the ThermoPro TP17H:

• Multi-Colored Backlit Display
• Six USDA Meat Temperature Presets 
• One HI/LO BBQ Temp Alarm Preset
• One User-Defined Programmable Alarm Preset
• Four Stainless-Steel 8.5″ Color Coordinated Probes

• Magnet, Hook, and Tabletop Stand Options 
• Touch Backlight Button

Usability

How easy is the ThermoPro TP17H to use? It is very easy to use and you should be up to speed with its operation after looking at the owner’s manual for 5 minutes.

One cool feature is the ability to quickly set the same alarm temps for all of the probes at the same time.

By selecting any probe and then pressing the PROBE button at the same time as the MEAT/HI/LO you can change all of the probes to read the same.

Accuracy

As you can see the ThermoPro TP17H features the usual fast and accurate probes that are included with all of the ThermoPro food thermometers.

The probes are tapered at the tip and give highly accurate readings. The TP17H is just as accurate as ThermoPro’s other digital oven thermometer models, the TP-17 and TP-16S.

Durability

The ThermoPro TP17H has a similar build to the other oven thermometer models by ThermoPro. There’s a hard plastic body with a metal cover on the front around the display screen.

The TP17H is not waterproof and has no IP waterproof rating. This is one area I was hoping would get an upgrade from the prior versions.

Not a huge deal, but if this thermometer is going to be considered an option for your grill or smoker outside, it would be nice if it could handle some rain.

Used as an oven thermometer you shouldn’t encounter any issues, but when water is introduced, that might be another story.

ThermoPro has a three year extended warranty card that they include with all of their thermometers. They stand behind their products.

Price

The price of the ThermoPro TP17H is currently in the low $30 range. Considering its four-probe capabilities you’re not going to find many competing thermometers at this price.

There are four probe thermometers in this price range but I do not recommend them because of various issues, most of them being build quality.

ThermoPro is a solid company with great customer service. Each thermometer comes with a warranty card that states you can extend your warranty for 3 years if you register it at buythermopro.com/warranty-registration.

ThermoPro TP17H vs ThermoPro TP-17 Digital Food Thermometer

What are the differences between the ThermoPro Tp17H  and the ThermoPro Tp-17 Digital Food Thermometers?

Here are the differences:

• The TP17H has four probes and the TP-17 has two probes.
• The TP17H has a touch backlight button on the top, the TP-17 has no light button but illuminates when any button is pushed.
• Probes, probe ports, and the dedicated screen sections of the TP-17H are color-coordinated so the user can easily track their food from the cooking chamber to the thermometer screen. The TP-17 has none of those features.
• The TP-17 has a timer, the TP17H doesn’t.

Final Thoughts

The ThermoPro TP17H is a nice upgrade from the previous TP-17 model.

The color-coordinated probes with corresponding ports are a trait that all of the newer probe thermometers releases by ThermoPro feature.

This color-coordination can be seen in their newer TP-25 Bluetooth thermometer and the TP-27 Remote thermometer.

I would consider this thermometer to be a great option if used as an oven or grill thermometer where you are relatively close by during the cooking process.

Due to its lack of waterproofing, I would be hesitant to recommend this as a smoker thermometer that can be left out overnight. You would also need to be within the audible range of the alarms as well.

I think a great use of this thermometer would be for tracking your Thanksgiving turkey. With four long probes, you could insert two of them in the thighs and two of them in the breasts.

Considering how unevenly a large turkey cooks, knowing what each section is reading temperature-wise would help you a great deal. Just a thought.