EGG Genius 4+

Love the app.

Pros:
1) can have up to three meat thermometers going at once
2) easy to setup and get going
3) with WiFi connectivity, you don’t have to worry about range
4) push notifications are super helpful and prompt

Wishes for future releases:
1) allow you to use the thermometers without the fan for regular grilling
2) a button to reset the cook timer so you can start it when you put the meat on the BGE
3) maybe I’m misunderstanding the Cook Name field, but mine resets to numbers after each use. Would be nice if it stayed.

First off yes, the app works to a degree and you don’t have to check on the smoker as much as you would with another, but the AI that controls the fan is horrible. It spams me pit open and closed messages like every other minute, which then cuts off the fan when I need it on the most. Why can’t we manually control the fan speed? Why can’t we set increases or decreases in speed when certain temps are hit? Why can’t the temp readings be accurate? Did I get a Lemmon? Or is everyone having this problem? I have to set it to 500 degrees just so the fan can stay on so I can hit 280. If I set it at the temp I want then it’ll coast either 40 degrees under or over. There are some times where it gets it right, but it can be so frustrating

This is more of a review of “flame boss”, the manufacturer of the device and their datacenter for internet connectivity. They really need to scale up there bandwidth in order to accommodate more customers, especially during holidays.

During peak usage the device disconnects from their servers constantly and when that happens you need to jump through hoops to reconnect. Either restarting the device or navigating though unintuitive menus in the app to find local mode. However, once in local mode, the device always tries to reconnect to the internet which it cant or only does momentarily. They need a simple button on the app for local/offline mode and have that mode stay selected.