It started because I wanted to leave the house.
I had a thermometer I liked, but I couldn't keep an eye on the cook when I went out. And afterwards, finding and using the information from previous cooks was harder than it should have been.
So I started building a better way to keep track of a cook wherever I was, save what happened and actually make use of it next time.
Why stop at showing the temperature?
If Project BBQ knows what you're cooking, it can do more than show a number. It can keep the temperatures and timings together with the important moments — when you wrapped, changed the heat or decided it was done.
That gives you something useful to look back at, makes a good cook easier to repeat and, as Project BBQ develops, can help you follow a Cook Plan from a creator you trust.
The idea is simple: keep the whole cook together, not just the temperature.
We're building it now.
Project BBQ already has real live monitoring, graphs, recordings and saved cook information working in development. Wider thermometer support, Cook Plans and the richer guided-cooking experience are still being built and tested.
Good ideas get better when real cooks try them.
We're looking for cooks, thermometer owners, creators and instructors who'd like to help us find what works — and what doesn't.