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A friend and I (both A&M engineering graduates) have been active BBQ smokers for many years and several years ago started working on a cloud based temperature probe. We've built many prototypes and are now finally starting a Kickstarter for it. The design is mature and we've already have the finished board designs and paid for some of the tooling (LCD for example). The Kickstarter would give us enough funding to pay for the last tooling that is needed.
Our unit connects through wifi (though bluetooth is supported as well) and stores all the smoke data on a cloud server with no cost to the users. We have Android, iOS, and web based apps so you can monitor your smoke or recall previous ones. We've focused on cost to make sure that we can keep the units affordable for everyone.
The major features are:
* Support for 6 probes
* Wifi connectivity. Connects to your home wifi network which has much greater range than bluetooth.
* Cloud based. Unit directly talks to cloud server. You can monitor your smoke from anywhere. You can go to your kid's party or to the supermarket and check on how your bbq is going. Your data is stored on the cloud and can be recalled and viewed at any time in the future.
* Notifications. Each probe can be programmed for an upper and lower temperature to set off an alarm/notification. You will get this notification on your mobile device anywhere you are (as long as you have cell service). I find this feature handy to wake you up when the smoker gets too cold or too hot.
* Over the air updates. The unit (under your control) will update over your wifi network - so you will always be up to date on any fixes or new features that are released.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1116765378/precision-bbq-wifi-temperature-food-probe?ref=discovery&term=precision%20bbq
Note that with Kickstarter, you only have to pay if the project gets full funded.
A friend and I (both A&M engineering graduates) have been active BBQ smokers for many years and several years ago started working on a cloud based temperature probe. We've built many prototypes and are now finally starting a Kickstarter for it. The design is mature and we've already have the finished board designs and paid for some of the tooling (LCD for example). The Kickstarter would give us enough funding to pay for the last tooling that is needed.
Our unit connects through wifi (though bluetooth is supported as well) and stores all the smoke data on a cloud server with no cost to the users. We have Android, iOS, and web based apps so you can monitor your smoke or recall previous ones. We've focused on cost to make sure that we can keep the units affordable for everyone.
The major features are:
* Support for 6 probes
* Wifi connectivity. Connects to your home wifi network which has much greater range than bluetooth.
* Cloud based. Unit directly talks to cloud server. You can monitor your smoke from anywhere. You can go to your kid's party or to the supermarket and check on how your bbq is going. Your data is stored on the cloud and can be recalled and viewed at any time in the future.
* Notifications. Each probe can be programmed for an upper and lower temperature to set off an alarm/notification. You will get this notification on your mobile device anywhere you are (as long as you have cell service). I find this feature handy to wake you up when the smoker gets too cold or too hot.
* Over the air updates. The unit (under your control) will update over your wifi network - so you will always be up to date on any fixes or new features that are released.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1116765378/precision-bbq-wifi-temperature-food-probe?ref=discovery&term=precision%20bbq
Note that with Kickstarter, you only have to pay if the project gets full funded.