iCelsius?

[Huskee]

Yup. Bourbon. lol...

[SurfsUp]

Man I can't figure out what you've got going on here... of course it could be the bourbon

[Jon Solberg]

Well it's a good day to do some mods so I can finally drive this thing.

​The probe cables are a bit unwieldy so I added some shrink tubing about every 4" to get that under control a bit.





I knew that a rubber band was not going to work long to hold the probes in so I threw on a removable velcro strap.




Going to check it against a mav and my partyQ and give it a run tomorrow.

Its not pretty but what the heck

[Jon Solberg]

Well I will say that everything works as advertised other than what I mentioned. I feel these folks are new at the BBQ game and will need to ride a bit of a learning curve. That said I dont foresee them modifying their connection point anytime soon so I'm a rubber band away from TRUE wifi. I can live with that.

[Christobol]

Well now I'm half tempted to cancel my order, I don't like buying things that aren't well designed, especially since the price is a fair premium compared to other thermometers out there.

[Jon Solberg]

I can see my iCel covered in duct tape now. (staged funny photo coming soon)

It is a bit sad to have to put a rubber band on this thing. I'm not complaining but....

[SurfsUp]

Yea, amazing the things held together with rubber bands and velcro... and maybe some duct tape for good measure

[Jon Solberg]

I put a wide rubber band around it to hold the probe plug in place. I need to add some velcro to my unit and thermometer mount to hold it as well

[SurfsUp]

I agree not the snuggest fit... Are you having issues with it coming unplugged? I haven't had that happen yet but I run the probes through the re bar holes on the PBC, stick the probes into the meat and then I plug the probes into the unit. The unit is so light that it fell one time when it was already plugged into the probes and I was screwing around trying to put the probes into the meat.

[Jon Solberg]

I have to say I'm really not liking the way the probes connect. Thats a weak spot for sure. just sayin

[SurfsUp]

I've had this unit for maybe 6 weeks. Initially I had issues with the probes being detected on my HTC Android based phone. Luckily there was an Android update about a week after I got it that seemed to fix the issue. I am currently on Android version 4.4.2. There was never an issue with it connecting on our Apple devices but I use it primarily with my phone. There have been 2 or 3 updates to the iCelsius app over that last month that have improved the usability. For instance the temp alarm would not go off when the phone was sleeping, things like that. That has been corrected. Also my BBQ probes are 5 degrees too high so I have to account for that. Seems like there was a more expensive option for a "certified" probe but I figured I would save the $$. I did the ice water test and compared to the Thermapen which of course showed a perfect 32 while both the iCelsius probes showed 37 so be sure to check it. Other small things you may notice depending on your phone is that in my case my phone wanted to connect to my home router so the phone would disconnect from iCelsius and reconnect to my router. I have to make sure I manually disconnect from my router first before connecting to the iCelsius. All fun stuff to tinker with though!

[jholmgren]

So what do you think since you had the weekend to cook with it? I ordered two of these nearly two weeks ago, so they should show up in another 2 weeks (they said there was a 3 week lead time from order to shipping, and I figure another week for delivery). I really like the infrastructure mode that allows for remote monitoring with your phone with min/max temp alarms.

I also ordered the CyberQ Wifi this weekend after another frustrating day with my Vision Grill Classic B. It sounds like the Cyber will arrive first so I'll get to get a feel for it for a solid comparison with the iCelsius. I don't think the CyberQ has as robust or effective remote internet monitoring based on the material material I've read. I think it's limited to email alerts when the temp is too high/low, while the iCelsius has an alarm that goes off while the app is in the background (on Android phones anyway, damn iOS and no background processing). I might give the second iCelsius to my dad who is limited by his RF Maverick thermometer and tethered to his yard while cooking.

I use my CyberQ from the public Internet all the time, even when at home. I use the BBQ Remote app (free) to interface with it. Works great, but as you mention - it does not do audible alerting on temperature changes. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bbq-...658997593?mt=8

I tend to just look at the app from time to time since I'm constantly checking my phone anyway (yeah, I'm one of those IT guys). I've grown to trust my Kamado Joe and CyberQ enough that I don't feel like I need to watch it like a hawk. anymore

[FLBuckeye]

I got an ET 733 but saw the 732 on sale a lot cheaper so I grabbed one. Got it for $43.96 with Amazon Prime. It was a Lightning deal at the time. Going to need it in November for my first competition

[Jon Solberg]

Well honestly I did not run this over the weekend and just now connected it remotely. I also plan to utilize the infrastructure mode and hope to do some testing with that once I get it out of remote and into that mode. Its a bit clunky for me still. But I'm toying with it as I type this.




So far only thing I don't like is the sensor connection. I think it needs a rubber band mod to hold it in place.

[Christobol]

So what do you think since you had the weekend to cook with it? I ordered two of these nearly two weeks ago, so they should show up in another 2 weeks (they said there was a 3 week lead time from order to shipping, and I figure another week for delivery). I really like the infrastructure mode that allows for remote monitoring with your phone with min/max temp alarms.

I also ordered the CyberQ Wifi this weekend after another frustrating day with my Vision Grill Classic B. It sounds like the Cyber will arrive first so I'll get to get a feel for it for a solid comparison with the iCelsius. I don't think the CyberQ has as robust or effective remote internet monitoring based on the material material I've read. I think it's limited to email alerts when the temp is too high/low, while the iCelsius has an alarm that goes off while the app is in the background (on Android phones anyway, damn iOS and no background processing). I might give the second iCelsius to my dad who is limited by his RF Maverick thermometer and tethered to his yard while cooking.