Got to say connecting to this directly was, as others have said here, a snap! I miss spoke in the video. In the direct connect mode the iCelcius is the access and you connect to it directly with your phone. It never sees your network.
Less that 3 min. I do need to connect this threw the web app still to see how that goes.
Watch this space.
Last edited by Jon Solberg; August 22, 2014, 04:48 PM.
Mail-gal....even with political correctness....resist the urge....resist I say...geeez how long you gonna fondle the cables!!! User manual in 0.00512 font...gotta love that...
Vision Grills Classic B Kamado Gril w/mods to limit leaks
Weber Genesis S-330
Custom Built Sous Vide Machine
Sansaire Sous Vide
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CyberQ Wifi mounted to Vision Kamado
iCelsius Dual BBQ Probes - soon to arrive
Epica ES432 Fast Pen Thermometer
Actron CP876 Infrared
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Beer: any double IPA, Reds, or unfiltered wheat for hotter days
Wine: Big Red Cabernets
Texan stuck in Socal
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
The two cables on this are silicone covered and about 5' long. They seem to have a memory that wants to be coiled. Each one sort of going its own direction. To help avoid that I used shrink tube to marry them together for about 3 of the 5 feet.
The connector into the iCelcius unit is very micro USB like ( if not actually that) It is not very secure with those two 5' cable swinging off it. So I made up a strap using velcro to secure it. One that I can take on and off easily. A rubber band would have done the trick but it was raining and since I couldn't go out and trim bushes I made up the velcro strap.
Edit:
After some connection issues at go time its finally up and running.
Last edited by Jon Solberg; August 31, 2014, 01:29 PM.
I got my CyberQ Wifi installed this weekend and it's currently cooking a brisket. A third party app is doing the graphing of the temps and it's great. I still need to figure out how to export it, but i'll wait until the cook is done. With the iCelsius on the way I'm not sure I even need it anymore. It might have to go back, even though their app is much more refined than anything the CyberQ uses.
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