Weber® iGrill®

After my previous scathing review and frustration with this app since the Weber takeover, and the rendering of my original iGrill device obsolete with a recent app update, I must say that Weber’s response and support has been outstanding. They took my harsh comments in stride and handled the issue promptly, sending me a new device that is compatible with their updated app. All of their responses were prompt and courteous. The new device and app have worked fine on the first two uses, however, I must say that the app could still use some tweaking. The original iGrill app gave you a choice of alarms, which was handy as you could pick one that might be easier to hear in a noisy environment. I find the current chirping alarm with no other options to be a little annoying. It would also be nice to be able to adjust the target temp on the fly instead of having to start over, if you decide that you or a guest would like their food a little more done. Fortunately, the graph doesn’t start over in the case that you have to do that. I could live with those annoyances, however, if it means that I don’t run into surprises every time I use the app and see that the latest update forces me to have to do or relearn something just to throw some meat on the grill. Again, thanks to Weber for their outstanding support.

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So overall as a instant temp for right now, the app works. However given you have historic data you’re collecting, a simple little math can come up with an estimated time for completion to cook something. To me this is a very easy feature but one that is sorely missing. I use this to monitor temps while I smoke my meat and by adding a feature that looks at the trend of temps and the last few polls, it can easily put in a “estimated grill done temp” which would be awesome. All it would need to do is display it somewhere with the done temp and could even be a view within the graph to swipe to the right side so you can see the path of the temp change as you adjust the temp of your grill or smoker as it will modify the end cook time as well. This one feature alone makes my old $15 thermometer far better as it could do that.

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I wish there was a zero stars option. I have been using this product for years. Ever since Weber bought the product line and started updating the app, things have gotten progressively worse. This is coming from a HUGE Weber fan. I have 3 Weber grills which I dearly love, but these jokers should stay out of the app developing business. All of the complaints in the review section are absolutely valid. No more custom presets, clunky gimmicky UI, non-intuitive navigation...it's all there - every disappointing bit of it. This is an easy fix, we will see if they are too proud to admit they screwed the pooch and just release the old version. Until then, I'm shelving this now useless tool in favor of my old wired probe thermometer. Update: I still hate this app. It’s the worst thing Weber has ever produced. If you guys would simplify this app instead of making it “cutesy” you would win back your actual customer base. I guarantee that NONE of your developers use this. That’s because they are too busy staring at screens thinking up useless features. THEY DON’T COOK! The people who use this are actual cooks! I fear this review will fall on deaf ears and will garner another “thanks for feedback and being a Weber fan” reply. When you are ready for some suggestions let me know. I stopped using this stupid thing loooong ago.

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I would love to say this device and app is great, and it could be, if it weren’t for what happens if you get multiple problems at or near the target temperature at the same time. Normally, if a probe is at or near temperature, it will pop up a notification from the bottom of the screen, with a dismiss button on it. Unfortunately, if a second probe is at or near temperature at the same time, it will pop up in front of the original notification, but only pop halfway up, seemingly so you can see the notification behind it. In doing so, the dismiss button for the first notification is covered by the second notification, and the dismiss button for the second notification is off screen. You can now no longer dismiss either notification, or navigate anywhere else in the app. If you close and re-open the app, the notifications immediately pop up, causing the same failure immediately again.

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I still hate the app after the upgrade. I don’t have any connection problems or alert problems like some other reviewers but the basic usability and display is awful. Specifically when you select what you are cooking; steak for instance, it presents a list of probably 100 different types of steak which you then have to scroll through. Seriously??? I just want to grill a basic slab of meat to medium rare I don't give a crap if it’s top sirloin or ribeye. The temps are exactly the same. Then when looking at the graph, it is squeezed into the top quarter of the screen- I can tell one of their products has 4 temp sensors so it makes sense to show all 4 but I have the igrill mini with exactly one sensor. I used to see a full screen graph where it was very clear. I know these apps are expensive to build; so it is baffling to me why they would rebuild what was previously a great design and replace it with this very pretty but useless crap.