Flame Boss

The app used to be good, but now half the screen is adverts. There is simply no need for this when the device is expensive as it is. Avoid. There are alternative products that do the same thing.

So after 5 years cooking on a BGE without a temp controller have taken the plunge with a flameboss 500. Out of the box the device looks and feels like quality. I tried to create an account on the flameboss app but hit a problem as it wouldn’t sign in and hitting reset password didn’t produce any email. I contacted Flameboss via email and win in 10 mins Frank had advised he couldn’t see my account. Turns out to set up you need to be on Myflameboss. Com. Talk about customer service, 2 mins later I had my account set up (thanks again. frank). So out of the box once the account is set up you then power up the device and get set up on WiFi and let it pick up any firmware updates which took around 10 mins to do. I am now ready to go and cannot wait to get cooking

The Flame Boss is not cheap, especially bought in the UK, but if you are looking to maximise the consistency of your cooks and not have to be constantly checking temperatures, it really is a top class piece of kit. The app keeps it at your fingertips too. When I have a cook going, I can use the app wherever I am to check current pit temp, meat temp, fan activity, everything I need know at a glance how the cook is progressing without needing to check physically. The app receives regular updates, showing an ongoing commitment to the system. There are other temperature control systems that can be bought, but the Flame Boss is, in my opinion, the best.

Still love it even thought mine is about 10 years old. Still works. Sometimes there’s hiccups with the app but it’s rare and my Humphreys smoker still works great without it. Maybe one day I’ll purchase a new and approved one but can’t seem to justify spending the money when my old one still works great. I’m just glad that they continue to allow the app to work with older models.

I have a background making things and i had an idea for making a smoker controller. No need! This works perfectly. Works better than anything i would have made. I don’t feel a need to share my cooks, but being able to access the cook while away from the house is awesome. Having a warming temp after meat temp achieved is great! Lid open/closed detection without a specific extra sensor??? Wow! Seriously. Great job Wants: one or two extra meat probes and then control around the coldest one Or Bluetooth connection to another meat probe unit Adaptors for different grills. I 3d printed one for mine. Also “no data collected”?!? Swooooooooooon

System is slow to respond. Don’t dare open the grill because the fan will shut off thinking the grill is open 10 minutes after you’ve closed it. Temp drops 100° fan still doesn’t respond. Wish I could override the app and control it manually.

This app works very well. Just wish there was a way to pause the cook in the app.

I used the flame boss to smoke two 8 lb pork shoulders this weekend. This was the second time using it. The first time did not go so well. I needed customer service because it was not working. They were the best. Very helpful and explained what was going on. Turned out, the unit was doing an update through the wi-fi. They stayed in the phone to make sure the unit performed correctly. I was quite impressed at how well it worked. Target temp was 225 and the temp of the smoker was never more then 2 degrees higher or lower then target temp. After about 8 hours of that, I decided to change the temp to 250. I was at the community pool, about a mile away, when I did it. The flame boss had the Weber Smokey Mountain At 250 in less than 3 minutes. Between the flame boss’s performance, and the customer service last month, I have to say, getting the Flame Boss 400 was a great addition to my smoker and this app worked smoothly.

Thank you to Flameboss for hearing our feedback and removing the advertisements! I was genuinely getting concerned that things were going in the wrong direction. I am thrilled to see that you have made an amazing decision! As a longtime user of just about every iteration of the flameboss products, I have witnessed the growth and development of flameboss personally. Flameboss on my BGE has by far been the absolute best solution. Flawless everytime! *I have also gifted many of these units as well and I still get Thanx and kudos from all of the recipients. The Flameboss App is always rock solid. The only problem that I have ever had with the app, were this blasted advertisements. (Aside from the thanksgiving overload many years ago lol. That’s a thing of the past, so no need to even sweat that!) Again Thank You FB for stepping up on this add mess. Bravo!

It does what it’s supposed to do but would be much better for those of us who use the app on iPad and use other probes. The ability to do split screen and have my MEATER app and Flame Boss on the same screen would be the best set up for this but for some reason Flame Boss is one of the few apps that has this ability blocked.