IGrill Wireless Thermometer
The newest accessory to the Cooking-Outdoors arsenal is a new wireless thermometer from iDevices, the iGrill for iPad, iPhone and iPod. As many of you know I am a techie at heart, fully loaded with the iPhone and iPad toys at home, converting over to an iMac in a few weeks. Having the iGrill Wireless Cooking Thermometer connected to my favorite devices is a perfect solution for me. I always have my iPhone at hip and with the iPad not far away, now I will be able to monitor my food on the grill with my favorite toy, cool!
iGrill, for those of you new to the wireless thermometer, is a two probe digital thermometer that sends a bluetooth signal to an application on your iPhone, iPad or Android device communicating the temperature of the food and/or grill space that you are cooking. The iGrill is not just for the BBQ crowd, it is the perfect choice for any indoor cook not wanting to sit by the stove watching their food cook with a thermometer at hand.
The iGrill is feature rich when connected to your mobile device but it is visually rich as a standalone unit sitting next to your grill or stove. With a bright LED readout of the temperature you will be able to quickly view the current temperature from across the room or yard.
Features include:
Illumination touch technology
Bluetooth enabled
200 foot + range
Stand-alone thermometer
Multi-purpose capacity
Onboard probe storage
Alarm settings
Standing, laying and hanging options
Available in white or black
iGrill package includes:
iGrill device
4 AA batteries
Probe
Free app download for iPod touch, iPhone and iPad
The iGrill unit is pretty darn good by itself but what really sets itself apart from the rest is the iGrill application you can download to your iPod touch, iPhone and iPad (or Android if you have one). There are two versions available: iGrill classic and iGrill Pro, iGrill pro being the most current version. Both versions seems to have all of the bells and whistles needed with the Pro version looking more high tech with several additional features that make the classic version obsolete.
(I can see this evolving into a TV app as well, imagine sitting in front of your 60″ 3D LCD big screen tv with the temperature monitor at the top of the screen! You get it all and never over cook your food on game day.)
iGrill Pro version app is loaded with features that make the iGrill more than just a thermometer, it is a social sharing device and virtual telescope that allows you to see what other people have cooked using their iGrill around the world and where they are located all from the map feature (iGrill calls it “Globe”)in the app.
This was pretty cool when I went looking to see what everyone was doing in Europe. You can post your culinary success on Facebook, Twitter via iGrills “iGrill Share” feature. When you post, it shows up in the “Globe” on the iGrill map giving you global bragging rights.
One of the nicest features is the cooking presets built into the app. Select beef, poultry, fish or pork, then select type of food and iGrill will set itself to monitor your food to the set specifications. Lets say you are cooking a pork roast and you prefer your to be cooked “well done”. You go to “iGrill Device Alarm Setting” on the main page of the app, tap once, this takes you to “Choose preset” scroll down to “pork” and select “Roast – well done” and iGrill will set that probe alarm to that temp and you are cooking!
Of course if you have a special temp you are looking for, you can create your own temperature presets and save those for future use.
No thermometer would be worth its weight if it didn't have cool alarms to sound off (Wake you up), right. Well the iGrill does have some temperature alarms available but the really cool part is it will let you select from your music library as well, not just music but podcasts also. So get your creative juices flowing, record your own mp3 soundtrack, maybe something like:
“Gary, wake up!! Your food is burning again!! WAKE UP!!!
Cool, you get the idea.
iGrill app allows you to set alarms, timers, view graphs, set cooking temperature presets, view recipes, instructional videos, owners manual and reach tech support with just a few simple taps with your finger.
The iGrill comes in two flavors, White or Black. You can also purchase extra iGrill probes or an Ambient Temperature Probe (On my wish list) as additional accessories. If your looking for the perfect gift, iGrill has a very nice “Ultimate iGrill Gift Pack” available as well.
Now we have to get some food on the grill to give the iGrill a complete test, I have little doubt it will live up to its reputation. For more information on the iGrill, please visit them at their website www.iGrillinc.com, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages.
Great post….I’ve been eying one for some time, but have yet to make the leap. Looks like I need to!