Cinder Precision Grill 4+

Palate Home Inc.

Designed for iPad

    • 3.3 • 54 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

The Cinder app lets you cook food the way you want it by cooking it to a specific temperature and notifying you when it is done. It is a companion to the Cinder Precision Grill. If you want to cook steak to medium rare, or salmon to melt-in-your-mouth, this is the way to do it.
The app also serves as a reference guide for how to cook with Cinder.
For basic cooking, the app is not needed. Cinder can be set to temperature manually with one turn of the dial. This is great for eggs and hashbrowns, or grilled cheese.

KEY APP FEATURES:
Guided cooking lets you cook to a specific result
Operate your Cinder remotely (start, cancel, monitor)
Receive notification when your food is done

CINDER KNOWS WHEN MY FOOD IS DONE WITHOUT A TIMER?
First, Cinder automatically measures your food and performs a thermodynamic calculation to estimate the cooking time.
Next, Cinder monitors the cooking process and uses software to know exactly when your food has reached the proper temperature.
Previously, a generic countdown timer is used and the food is checked repeatedly for confirmation.


HOW DOES THE APP WORK
The app connects wirelessly to your Cinder and can start cooking. It receives status back from Cinder and lets you know when your food is done. If you are out of range, the app will let you know when it’s time to reconnect and update the status.

WHAT IS PRECISION COOKING?
Top chefs have been cooking with precision temperature for years. One way to cook this way in the home is sous vide. Cinder cooks with similar results, but with less steps. We got rid of the water and plastic bags associated with sous vide, so you can put your food right on Cinder just like an electric grill.
Next, precision cooking has been limited to lower temperatures because water or steam was used. Cinder lets you break through this barrier and bring precision cooking to the entire temperature spectrum. Cinder was designed to allow accurate cooking across a wide temperature range.
It’s simple to cook your food to a specific temperature with Cinder.
Place your food inside Cinder, directly on the cooking plates, and gently lower the lid.
Open up the app and start your cook. You can be notified when your food is done, and Cinder will continue holding your food until you are ready to eat. That’s right, no hovering in the kitchen or anxiety about burning your food.
Optionally, finish with a ripping sear right on Cinder. Food like steaks are typically seared.
And it’s even easier to saute or brown with precise high temperatures:
Turn on Cinder and turn the knob to the temperature you want.
Once the temperature is reached, put your food on.
Cook until done.

ABOUT THE CINDER PRECISION GRILL
You can read more about Cinder in publications like Wired, CNET, Tasting Table, PopSugar, or on the Today Show.

Visit cindercooks.com to learn more.

What’s New

Version 3.1.15

- Removed log in
- Access recipes through web browser

Ratings and Reviews

3.3 out of 5
54 Ratings

54 Ratings

wrswrswrswrs ,

Cinder App Review

The app is extremely frustrating to use. It never works the first time and requires a lot of turning off and on, closing in and out, etc. in order to try and get it to work. Often takes me 10 mins just to get it going

RattleYourCage ,

Good grill ruined by bad app

I must echo the frustrations of other recent reviewers. I bought the Cinder in December 2020, and when it arrived it was very impressive. The quality of the grill itself is excellent, and the software connected and worked beautifully, providing perfect results for steaks and other foods. Then they decided to “update” the software and it all crashed and burned. Fortunately you can still manually run the grill but you have to guess and test to see when the food is done. The software is buggy, doesn’t connect well, doesn’t set itself properly, and continually underestimates the cooking time needed. And it’s not getting any better. I’ve written to the company and gotten nice responses promising fixes, but it still just doesn’t work as it did when I first got it. I wish I could simply revert the software to that version. Seriously. The app can’t be that complicated to fix. For now, I cannot recommend this product because the app is a key feature but it just doesn’t work. I’m giving it two stars because the grill is nicely made and does cook well.

gavinthegeek ,

Amazing Technology!!

Wow, I have to say I was skeptical of this whole idea at first—I mean, I’m a bit of a tech geek and a foodie myself so I was naturally drawn to this concept.

I came in with a critical eye towards certain aspects of the monitoring mechanism, in particular the remote control feature.

But since trying it out, I have found that from head to toe (or should I say from shoulder to thigh??) the product runs incredibly smoothly and I COULD NOT RECOMMEND IT MORE!! Precision cooking is truly an art, but this company makes it exceptionally manageable and convenient. I recommend trying it out with steak— Bon appetite!

App Privacy

The developer, Palate Home Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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