You don't need to be a developer or a barbecue obsessive. We're looking for people who cook, people who make cooking content, people with the thermometers we need to understand, and people who teach others how to cook.
Pick the bit that sounds like you. We'll be clear about what we're asking for — and we won't pretend every kind of help involves the same commitment.
If you enjoy barbecue, smoking, grilling or cooking with probes, we'd like real cooks to help us find out whether Project BBQ is genuinely useful outside our own test kitchen.
That could mean trying an early version, doing a real cook with it and telling us what helped, what got in the way and what made no sense.
I'm interested in testing →We're working towards support for compatible thermometers from different manufacturers, and some models need help from somebody who actually owns one.
You don't need to understand Bluetooth. Depending on the model, we may simply ask you to run a small Project BBQ testing tool while your thermometer is switched on.
Tell us what thermometer you own →We're exploring Cook Plans that can turn existing recipes and videos into something an audience can follow during the real cook — with the creator reviewing and approving anything before it is published.
If you make cooking content, we'd particularly value your view on what would be useful, what would be annoying and how Project BBQ should send people back to your wider work.
Explore the creator idea →We're also exploring whether the same live-cook approach could be useful in a class — for example helping an instructor keep an eye on several cooking stations without hovering over every student.
That's an idea we're investigating, not a finished classroom product. We'd rather shape it with people who actually teach than guess what a school needs.
Talk to us about teaching →People who actively help us test and shape Project BBQ matter. We'll keep a record of meaningful early contributions so we can recognise that help with early-access opportunities and launch benefits as the product develops.
We haven't decided exactly what those benefits will be, so we're not promising points, credits or free subscriptions before we know what Project BBQ's eventual plans look like.
Tell us which route fits you and enough for us to understand how you might be able to help. As the relevant testing or conversations open up, we can contact the people who are a sensible match.
Registering interest doesn't commit you to anything, and it doesn't automatically make you a tester. It simply gives us a way to find the right people when we need them.