I just replaced my Thermoworks Smoke remote thermometer with a FireBoard setup. The Smoke worked well for a couple of years, but was limited to two channels, and the probes kept failing. I used the two channels for the smoker/grill temp and the food temp, and needed to be close by for the remote to read. Often they'd get separated. Overall good technology for when it was introduced, but technology has advanced quite a bit since then.
The FireBoard has 6 channels, but it's light years ahead with its connectivity and app; uses both Bluetooth and WiFi and really simple to set up. I just cooked 2 briskets, each about 14 pounds, and used one probe in each and one in the smoker. What's so nifty is how it plots the three on an app or computer to see the food go from refrigerator to fully cooked and how it teaches you so much more. Here's an image of my session. It's a little sporadic, with moving the probes in the middle of the cook. You can see the downward spikes in the smoker temp (Yoder 480) when I opened the lid, and how the temp varied when I changed the probe location in the brisket. The product, both hardware and software, are very well thought out. No need to start or stop the cook; all done automatically. While this doesn't show, I annotated various activities along the way and took pictures at the beginning, midway and the end.
I'd like the FireBoard app to work in landscape mode and the device isn't waterproof or as rugged as the Smoke. They do sell an optional weather resistant housing. But overall it's a great product - at least based on first use.
The FireBoard has 6 channels, but it's light years ahead with its connectivity and app; uses both Bluetooth and WiFi and really simple to set up. I just cooked 2 briskets, each about 14 pounds, and used one probe in each and one in the smoker. What's so nifty is how it plots the three on an app or computer to see the food go from refrigerator to fully cooked and how it teaches you so much more. Here's an image of my session. It's a little sporadic, with moving the probes in the middle of the cook. You can see the downward spikes in the smoker temp (Yoder 480) when I opened the lid, and how the temp varied when I changed the probe location in the brisket. The product, both hardware and software, are very well thought out. No need to start or stop the cook; all done automatically. While this doesn't show, I annotated various activities along the way and took pictures at the beginning, midway and the end.
I'd like the FireBoard app to work in landscape mode and the device isn't waterproof or as rugged as the Smoke. They do sell an optional weather resistant housing. But overall it's a great product - at least based on first use.
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