Kamado Joe® iKamand™ Smart Temperature Control and Monitoring Device for Classic Grills in Black

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And so many things can change the temperature: Diminishing charcoal, external air temperature, quality of smoker (e.g., does it leak?), or trouble figuring out the air vent settings. The ATC frees you to go and do other things, monitoring and adjusting the cooking process as needed from wherever you are — in the house, at the store, or on the job — via Wi-Fi connection. BBQ Guru has many useful products which aren’t related to temperature management, FlameBoss’ tunnel vision is only on making superior ATCs Notifications & Alerts: Receive notifications when target time and temperatures are reached on the grill or meat probes. The app will also provide alerts if the grill dips below or exceeds target temperature. Flame Boss and BBQ Guru were created by engineers, so right off the bat, there’s some assurance of products built to do what they do, incredibly well.

It is also Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled, and can be monitored and controlled via a well designed and feature rich smartphone app, available for both Android and iOS. Features — There may be more than what you’re going to use and are reflected in the cost. Be sure you won’t be paying for something you’re not going to use (like cloud sharing your cooks — more on that later)Graphing: See the progress of your cook over time so you can better control your entire grilling experience. For the most part, which model you decide is best for you comes down to your budget, how many food probes you wish your controller to support, and overall design aesthetics when comparing similar models head to head.

If you’re both an avid smoker/griller and social media user, both company’s products cloud-sharing technology should pique your interest. The ability to brag beyond your immediate circle of friends and nemeses is too good to pass up!The fan speed will vary in response to the temperatures, fanning the flames higher or starving them lower, so the temperature remains consistent and food is not over— or undercooked. It takes the information given it (food and pit temperatures) calculates time and optimal temperature for food to reach the proper doneness.

Groundbreaking Ceramic and Digital Integration: Get the best out of your connected Kamado Joe with WiFi enabled app, that allows you to control your cook from your mobile device The joy of smoking can go horribly wrong if the temperature isn’t consistent throughout the smoking process. It supports one pit probe, and one food probe, has the same online dashboard for graphs and history of your cooks, and alarms and alerts like its larger cousin, the 500. If your vents are all but closed, and the controller cannot control temp, it’s usually that your smoker isn’t sealed correctly though and is not a fault of the temperature controller. Besides being connected to the probes, the ATC is also connected to or has an inbuilt variable speed fan that is firmly fixed to a bottom vent, to control the amount of air that can flow into the BBQ or smoker.The top of the line BBQGuru UltraQ controls the temperature of your pit, as well as being able to measure the temperature of 3 further probes inserted into food. We’ll cover the origin, workings, and benefits of an ATC. Then we’ll follow with a product review of these 4 top models from the top 2 manufacturers:

The Flame Boss 500 is their flagship model. it is a Wi-Fi capable temperature controller, allowing management from a distance over any network.Based on the readings from the probes, the device directs the speed of the fan to control the ambient temperature inside the cooker, by controlling the amount of oxygen given to the fire. So ATCs are almost exclusively for charcoal smokers — though there are some attempts at ATCs for wood burners.