New maverick or igrill?

[cmayna]

I have both the Mav ET-732 and igrill.   I get real poor wireless reception with the igrill.   Disconnects each time I enter my house.   Love the Maverick.

 

[bama bbq]

I've had good luck with my iGrill as well.  I have noticed that direct sunlight can cause the sending unit to get hot and quit sending.  To solve the problem I keep it in the shade. (I hammered a nail on the inner skirt of the side table I built where I hang the iGrill)  I haven't had any issues since I started doing that.

I've also noticed the iPhone uses the battery up pretty quick when paired with the iGrill.  I keep the iPhone plugged in while using the iGrill to solve that issue.

I am using it as I type to monitor my jerky cook right now.

Here's a graph from a 15 hour cook yesterday with no iGrill issues:

15 hr cook.jpg

• bama bbq
• Oct 3, 2013

 

[dirtsailor2003]

 
I've had good luck with my iGrill as well.  I have noticed that direct sunlight can cause the sending unit to get hot and quit sending.  To solve the problem I keep it in the shade. (I hammered a nail on the inner skirt of the side table I built where I hang the iGrill)  I haven't had any issues since I started doing that.

I've also noticed the iPhone uses the battery up pretty quick when paired with the iGrill.  I keep the iPhone plugged in while using the iGrill to solve that issue.

Here's a graph from a 15 hour cook with no iGrill issues:

15 hr cook.jpg

• bama bbq
• Oct 3, 2013

I haven't noticed a heat issue, but I have noticed the iPhone battery issue. OF course ever since one of the last updates to my iPhone the battery doesn't last as long as it used to. I think that to date the iGrill has the best alarm features. I really like being able to set the range alarms for watching the smoker. Being able to program the alarms for whatever you want is nice too.

 

[ooloncoluphid]

The iGrill works with Android, but it's not a very good device in my opinion. Range is terrible, and mine locked up a few times and required me to pull all the batteries out.