[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Some of these gadgets can seem daunting out of the box, but this one was very simple, directions were a breeze to figure out. After installing the included batteries (always a bonus!) you turn them on and make sure you sync the transmitter (the smaller of the two with less buttons and the probe connections) from the receiver. Basically just a long press of the resync/power button will do the trick. Short press is on/off. You can choose the meat, the ‘taste’ (cook level), and temp settings as well as hitting the probe button to switch between the two operations. The bottom setting is always the long press or hold. Very nice connections and the devices themselves are also super sturdy but lightweight and rubberized for those slippery grips. I have to say, learning curve was very fast and this is going to be a game changer for the big holiday meals especially. While I didn’t have any meat cooking to test it for that, I was able to test the temp time and readout and it’s definitely not an inconvenience in the cooking process.