SMOBOT WiFi Kamado Grill and Smoker Temperature Controller for Big Green Egg

Only completed a couple cooks so far but it did exactly what it is supposed to do and kept temps

I'm a longtime owner of a Large BGE. 'Most' of my overnight cooks go OK, but after I bought the Smobot, 100% of them are now more than just OK ;-)

Over and above controlling and maintaining temperature, the reporting is a super helpful feature that I use more than I thought I would. I can look over the past several cooks to begin to get a feel for how different size cuts take more or less time to cook, how to hold, when to wrap, etc. It's a great tool to have in order to compare previous cooks to one another.

Lastly, it's nice to be able to look on the app and see where things are. I can be at work and decide I want to kick up the temp by 10 degrees if I think a bigger cut of meat is stalling for too long.

I love this thing! Great price point and it's never let me down!

I researched temp controllers for some time. I went with the more intuitive and efficient Smobot design and haven't looked back. Any time I cook indirect on my Egg - I break out the smobot and walk away. No more babysitting!

After a couple of painful low and slow cooks, waking up during the night to tend to the BBQ, I caved in. Did a fair bit of research and decided on the Smobot.
First cook was two pork shoulders. The first thing that made me happy was the warm up procedure. So much easier when you can just set the temp and walk away and it gets to a stable temp far quicker.
Meat went on at 4pm and came off about 12pm the following day perfect.

With only one moving part, there is little to go wrong.
The only improvement I would suggest is to have a built-in battery. They have plenty of documentation about choice of power banks. I thought mine was fine as it was good for about 8 hour but clearly then shut itself off. Surely this would be a fairly cheap thing to integrate. Otherwise, would recommend to anyone.

In June 2023, I cooked an overnight brisket when the wind jumped up around 1:00 AM. (I live in North Texas). I was up the rest of the night tweeking the daisy wheel and carefully watching temp. That’s was the last straw that motivated me to investigate fire controllers. I’ve been smoking since the late 1980’s, beginning with a cheap Home Depot tube smoker to my current Komodo’s.

I started reviewing all the different controllers and discovered Smobot. It was different from all the others and the more I read about it, the more interested I became. I have a friend in Kentucky, who I knew owned a BGE and I contacted him to see if he knew of anyone who used Smobot and he laughed and said he had used one for a couple of years and more than satisfied with how well it controlled the heat without a fan. His words were “stop looking and get the Smobot”. He said he had looked at them all and choose Smobot, because according to him, and since confirmed, it was developed specifically for Komodo grills to control the top chimney without a fan.

I have a BGE XL and a Primo large and I use it on both. For overnight cooks it holds the temps with about a 7 degree range and usually even less (more like 5 degrees range). I just start my fire and when temp comes up to about 100, I let the. smobot take over. When I’m comfortable that everything is under control, I go to bed for a good nights sleep, knowing that if the food cooks a little fast, I will get an alert that will wake me (trust me you will not sleep through an alert event because it is LOUD)! I have not had any problems with the unit and I cook at least one over night every two weeks.

For shorter cooks, I also use it as a connivence for another eye to watch the cooking activity.

Now the best part. I am truly amazed with their customer service. I opened the box and assembled on a Saturday morning around 7:00 AM and had a problem connecting to my WIFI. On the instructions was a customer care phone number and I thought, I’ll call now to get in line for a response on Monday, maybe Tuesday at the latest. No! I got a call from Curtis within 30 mins and he helped me work through the issue and was more than nice to give me some tips on using my Smobot. THANK YOU CURTIS!

Since that first issue, I’ve had absolutely no problems, never drops WI-FI, or fails to perfectly complete the the cook. So this Christmas I bought one for my SIL and he had a minor problem with the setup (using 5g WI-FI vs 2.4g) and of course it was Saturday morning. He called Curtis and was immediately helped to solve the problem.

I have never dealt with a company with the superior customer service response that Smobot has. If you are looking for a controller that fits many types of smokers, I HIGHLY recommend Smobot.

I have no affiliation with the company or a relationship with anyone who works for Smobot.