Reviews for CHEF iQ

First off, there’s nothing in the sales literature that mentions an online account is required to use the app that connects to the cooker. I think this is deceptive. Secondly, you can’t pair a phone with the cooker unless you enable location services first. Seriously? This product seems to be more geared to collecting personal […]

Won’t connect to wifi most of the time Hey Devs, spend less time adding video and bells and whistles to your app, and make it so that we can actually use the basic functionality! Most of this time this device refuses to connect to my very strong Wi-Fi, so I have to sit near the […]

Issue 1: This app doesn’t let me set a range so I can monitor the temperature in my smoker. For example, I like to set the thermometer to tell me if the smoker temp is below 210°F or above 240°F. Issue 2: The app notification is really short and easy to miss. That makes the […]

Kind of frustrating. The idea is great, but executed poorly. Setup requires you to connect the app and unit, which seems a little silly, as i feel like it should be an optional featuer not a full requirementfor use. Also connecting them is pretty difficult. I’m relatively savvy in the tech area and device connections […]

Good in theory, but in practice too many bugs and poor UI decisions. I always watch the graph of the cook, and the graph constantly resets itself during a cook, erasing all previous data/history and starting the graph at the present point. Incredibly frustrating and by far the worst part of the app. Support didn’t […]

I like the app but have several suggestions. Favorite recipes should be a section within recipes tab not in a section under more. Also it’s difficult to use 2 probes at the same time if using guided instructions, because unlike if you set it manually you just see cooking in progress and have to go […]

The whole idea is great, but the app is very buggy. On my first cook, the ambient temperature difference according to the probe was very different than my oven. So I put in the second probe to see if there was a difference. Now that I have two probes in the same piece of meat, […]

Pixel 7a. App has potential, but one major issue is that it often freezes when in the background and has to be restarted because I’ll open it back up and none of the buttons work. Another minor annoyance – when you click on a probe to expand the details, it scrolls you to the top […]

I keep getting push notifications at the wrong times. For example, in the middle of a cook with over an hour left, I get a notification saying it may be time to remove the food. Clearly it is not because the meat isn’t even at 100 degrees yet. Or the push notification at 3am telling […]

Hello, When I bought your temperature probe, I did not imagine there is no way to use the probe for its SIMPLE and most common use – to JUST read internal and ambient temperature as a function of time. That is so simple! Why is that option not implemented???? The app is packed with a […]

Every time I check the temperature the app locks up and I have to force stop it and reopen it. This is so disruptive that it makes the app almost impossible to use. Also the notifications for stages of cooking keep repeating if the temperature isn’t changing much, no option that I could find to […]

Love that it has both the current temp and graph to see the trends. Provides generally accurate predicted time. Has step by step recipes. I wish that there were more extensive recipe options. For example, Prime Rib in the oven. Heat at 425. I wish I could have slow roasting or smoking options at a […]

Im very disappointed in the probe and the app. Rather than giving the temperature immediately you have to go through a series of menus. They’re always promoting other products which is annoying. I expect that the app can do one job provide the temperature. I will never purchase this or any of their other products […]

So far I’ve been pretty happy with my Chef IQ thermometers. The app overall seems great, but it does bother me that, when I get an alert, the phone vibrates but there is no audible alert. I contacted customer service and was told “At this time we do not have an active feature for verbal […]

works well. There are a few foods that it’s lacking in the cook setup, but the manual mode does compensate for that. but foods like chicken wings and catfish or anything that you are trying to deep fry, it does not even categorize it. Deep frying should be included on the cook setup menu.

great device. future upgrades I’d like to see are: audio guidance playing through my phone rather than the base station. that needs to be nearer to the grill (not near me), and when I am grilling multiple identical steaks, one should be able to configure for the meat type, method of cooking, thickness and then […]

Update: It’s struggling right now on the Zfold5 when I tried to start a cook with the phone unfolded in the big screen mode. the UI would not allow me to click the start cook button. I had to close the phone, and then it really broke the app. Also allow us to have a […]

EDIT: The software seems to be getting better. However, why on earth you would stop recording temperatures either after x amout of hours or after the cook set temperature is reached is wrong. It needs to keep recording the temps anytime the thermometer is not docked and a cook has been started. We use the […]

This recipe was very adaptable to make it a bit healthier (e.g., I swapped out the butter and heavy cream with less margarine and half-and-half, and reduced the salt), and I added two eggs to increase the protein. Even with these changes it was a tasty dish! Perfect for meatless Monday (or Wednesday as was […]

Functionally, the IQ probes work quite well. I have just 2 complaints: 1. the charging unit must be “near” the grill. The problem is that the plastic it is made of warps like crazy – and I’m talking about 18″ from my smoker. 2. the probes go into an over heat mode & cease to […]