FireBoard‪®‬ 4+

Overall the FireBoard is great and the accompanying app is better than ok, but can be better. First off, I must say I prefer the original FireBoard over the FireBoard 2, I actually returned my 2 and will wait to buy it again if/when my original dies. That has no affect on my review of the app though.
The iOS app has pretty much everything it needs, except it’s missing one thing that seems to be a major thing to me. It NEEDS iOS widgets and/or an Apple Watch complication! I mean I still have an iGrill from before Weber bought it, and it has an iOS widget, and it’s only Bluetooth and not WiFi. The whole point is to be handy, but to open and unlock phone or watch, then open app or bring app to the front just for a quick glance at a temp isn’t so stellar, widgets would make it better.

This review speaks specifically about the integration with my Yoder 640S. Coming from another well known brand of smoker and app, the FireBoard is on a whole nother level.

The amount of days you can log is insane. Pit temp, probe temps, auger speed, all laid out beautifully with different views available. Being able to add time stamped notes with photos helps to truly hone the absolute perfect cook. Plus, the ability to share the entire cook with friends is a classy touch. App response speed has also been flawless.

Not only does the app look great on the iPhone, but they also have legit native iPad support. Your not stuck with using a scaled down iPhone version, or stuck awkwardly using the app in portrait, it’s a full beautiful landscape version. You can tell the people that make it actually use it.

Lastly, the Apple Watch support is also excellent. You don’t get the full gauntlet of features you do on the iPhone/iPad, but you can quickly glance at it to check pit and probe temps. Perfect.

Two things I would love to see in the future are a widget (would love to see the temps on my Home Screen without opening the app), and the ability to change the color of the different channels (hard to tell the difference between the two probes). Overall, I can’t speak highly enough of this beast of an app, you guys truly nailed it!

Picked up a Fireboard 2 over the weekend when my other grill thermometer started acting up. The app is great, fairly intuitive, and was able to set a max temp for the meat and a min/max range for the ambient temp very easily. Plot view is very helpful as well. Three things on the wish list for me are 1) ability to view the plot in landscape view so the x-axis is elongated for better time resolution, 2) ability to assign colors to the probes - the yellow and orange colors were fairly similar and would like to assign more contrasting colors to the plot, and 3) ability to view plot of individual probes without overlay of other probes.

Overall great experience and no issues with functionality during my cook. Highly recommend the product and app.