OT - I Won a Flame Boss...

Florida Grillin Girl said:

Yea, I'm lucky, I guess. It's a $329 gadget thingy that I know I don't need, and most likely won't use. Any suggestions here to make my low-tech egging self want to use this thing? 

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Easy solution.......use it once on a low and slow on some pork butts.  Set it up at 225f and close the lid.  Then you don't touch it again until it's time to eat.  16+ hrs of out of sight, out of mind.  You'll be hooked.

******for all the nay sayers, YES, the egg *can* do this, but not everytime without keeping an eye on it.  If you truly don't want to babysit, because you need to go to work, play gold, or sleep, then they're the only way to go.******

I'll take it off your hands. How much do you want for it?

I've never played gold...sounds like a yankee thing.  

Congrats!


I don't have the flameboss but I am pretty sure you can use it without hooking it up to wifi and using the app. Maybe that would be a good place to start. Just light your egg as normal, hook up the fan, clip on the grid probe, insert your meat probe, plug it in, use the arrows to set your target temp. Walk away! 

Of course, if that view is from the same place where your eggs live then you might not want to walk away. 

Florida Grillin Girl said:

Thanks everyone. I will try it for low and slows that I usually have to wake up several times a night to monitor.

I have had no luck hooking it up to home wifi. My password is long and the unit times itself out by the time I am halfway through putting it in! Trying to input it using just arrows is a pita, and not working. Any suggestions on this??

Also, no android phone app available??  (See, this is what I meant by low tech, people!!)

Yeah, that's a pain and one of the great things about the app--you can use it to enter the wifi password.  You should be able to hit that connect button on the router though, and it will link to the FB.  

Android app is coming soon.  One idea in the meantime......Turn on "guest network" on your Wifi, give it a super short password,  and use that for the FB300.

Or give FB a call and they'll help you out--great people there.  Once you get the Wifi set up, it's super easy.

Florida Grillin Girl said:

Thanks everyone. I will try it for low and slows that I usually have to wake up several times a night to monitor.

I have had no luck hooking it up to home wifi. My password is long and the unit times itself out by the time I am halfway through putting it in! Trying to input it using just arrows is a pita, and not working. Any suggestions on this??

Also, no android phone app available??  (See, this is what I meant by low tech, people!!)

Do a low and slow with no network wi-fi connected. Just let the box control the temp and monitor your pit and food. It will still work just like the non wi-fi model.

Oh...and congrats. I've got version one and two, but not the fancy schmancy wi-fi one.

Congrats! I use another brand pit controller but love it for overnights. 

Hopefully you can do the "Guest Network" thing.  that was going to be my suggestion.  Or pay some kid to set up a second router just for the FB and visitors.  Make the name and password easy and snarky - BBQ related!!

I've got a CyberQ that I got off a guy who upgraded to the FB300 and I love the ability to sleep thru the night.  I still use a pit probe that connects to my phone - mainly because I'm a geek.....