Maverick 732 w/ 12 mile range

Jeepster47

I wanted ribs tonight, but a granddaughter had a ball game starting at 5:00pm.  Finally decided to go ahead and trust my DigiQ and eat after the game ... trust but verify that is.  I always use a Maverick on the pit as an alert for temp problems.  This time I stood the Maverick in front of a dLink camera in the family room:



Then used my smartphone to monitor the Maverick from the ball game:



The food readout is from a probe inside the opened rain box.

Figured if the temp went down while away, then no drastic problem. If the temp started climbing, one of my neighbors could be called on to pull the plug on the DigiQ.  Additional features are that the DigiQ could be plugged into a cheap internet on/off switch controlled by my Liftmaster garage door internet interface to control the DigiQ without neighbor intervention.  The dLink could also be programed to save a picture every 10 minutes or so ... the picture values could then be inserted into MS Excel to obtain temp/time plots.  Think that covers all the functions of the wifi units ... yes?

One picture to show you what the baby back ribs looked like ... Rockwood lump, hickory smoke wood, Oakridge Dominator rub, six hours at 250 degrees grill temp, and Red Mud sauce 30 minutes before pulling from the egg:

Scottborasjr

That's a creative use of the available tech that one has. Pretty cool.

Photo Egg

Very nice...adapt

Ozzie_Isaac

Well played ... now no reason to not see kiddos play.

Ozzie_Isaac

Also no need for the Maverik now, go @Carolina Q style and just point the camera at the dome thermometer.

bweekes

Now THAT'S ingenuity!

Jeepster47

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Also no need for the Maverik now, go @Carolina Q style and just point the camera at the dome thermometer.

Damn, you gave away my next post. It was going to be; "How to read your BGE dome thermometer from 14 miles away."

bboulier

Really cool!

Big_Green_Craig

Genius!

Grillinois

I can't wait to try this with my dropcam.  Great idea!

MaskedMarvel

Nice bong behind the barcolounger back there!! 

RRP

COOL idea, Sir Thomas!

Jeepster47

MaskedMarvel said:

Nice bong behind the barcolounger back there!! 

Nice try ... that's a cordless phone.  Although a cordless phone dates my technology almost as much as the black dial phone that @RRP uses dates him . So, don't know which would be more embarassing.

lkapigian

Clever White Trash Stoker :-)

Griffin

Nice. You got me thinking. Our baby cam supposedly has a 300ft range. Now I can use it to look at my Flame Boss without getting my a$$ off the couch. Who wants to watch a baby sleep anyway?

ryantt

@Griffin, isn't the egg your baby too? better to watch it work than the kid that can't go  anywhere 

NPHuskerFL

LoL. What won't an egghead do to ensure a successful cook?  Nice work!  Way to go.  

KiterTodd

This is very timely.   I have been thinking about an inexpensive hack to monitor my grill temps from afar, without investing in a problematic wifi controller.   Just peace of mind is all you need, sometimes...

The LiftMaster interface it another good idea to consider.  I did just get a garage door opener with that feature and was wondering how else I can use it. 

THEBuckeye

Eggers really are a crazy lot.

Toxarch

Before opening the thread, I was wondering if you had gotten the CyberQ to connect to your wifi and then could monitor/adjust it over the internet.

grege345

Engineers....