Big Green EggEgg Genius WiFi Enabled Grill Temperature Controller and Meat Thermometer

Today is my first use. The installation instructions are lacking so you have to look at a youtube video or two, but it's not very complicated. I've had NO connection issues, and as a 20 year tech guy, I am amazed at how good the app is. Simple and intuitive. For the last 3 hours, it held my 225 degree temperature within a degree. When I opened the top of my egg so I could wrap the ribs in foil, as expected the Egg ramped up in temp from the extra air, and now it's been slowly decreasing. But from 225 the highest it hit was 240 and now it's almost back. As you probably know, there is no way to "cool" the egg, you just wait it out until it settles back in. When you take a break for the "texas crutch" there is no choice but to allow an influx of air. Otherwise, it is BEYOND my expectation since it's held within one degree all day so far.One note, is that you have to bring the Egg up close to temperature before you turn it over to the Genius. Because as good as the genius is, it doesn't know when you are starting up the coals, or just maintaining them. My target was 225 so when my dome thermometer hit about 175, I put on the Genius and turned it over to it and it brought it up to 225 and held constant for my first 2.5 hour stage of my rib technique.

Using the GREEN EGG GENIUS was a total game changer! For the first time, I smoked a brisket without constantly worrying about temperature control. This device takes all the guesswork out of managing the Green Egg; I didn’t have to fiddle with the top and bottom vents constantly. It maintained steady heat and let me relax, knowing my brisket would turn out perfectly. If you want to enjoy the smoking process instead of babysitting the grill, this is an absolute must-have!Don't get me wrong... Always fun hanging by the grill, but this baby makes it a breeze.

Can hold the temp well, even on the XL Green Egg, but it is very frustrating to use. Takes several (mostly failed) cycles to get a connection. Sometimes hangs in process and I have to restart (and reconnect multiple times) - for example sometimes when I try to change the pit temp in process it doesn't accept the change and I can't get out and have to close the app and restart. It's totally unacceptable that I can't just plug it in and have my device recognized by the app and immediately connected.

Had a little trouble connecting. Has worked like a charm once connected. Has held steady at 350 for 2 hours now. Should have purchased a long time ago!

Took a few times to connect and get set up. Have to play around with more but not as seamless as a traeger

I spend hours every year resetting and reconnecting to WiFi. Works great when it works but inconvenient when it won’t remain connected to WiFi. Spent the last 30 min in the reset cycle. Was connected since 10 last night then suddenly I want to smash it

First time I used it was the last, The temp is VERY inaccurate.

The connection with an android phone is sketch. Grabbed my Ipad and it hooks up fine. My wife bought this for me for Christmas last year and I could not immediately get it going because the adapters for the genius are for the BGE and not a Vision Grill (which is an offshoot of the Kamado Joe). I do believe that there are some KJ's that it will fit. Long story short and10 months later, I took a scrap piece of roofing metal, hammered it out flat as possible. Traced out a template from the back of input vents shown (whole thing pulls out like a drawer to empty ashes). Cut it all out with some tabs to hold it to the front, a small hole to facilitate the hatch latch, and used one of the supplied pieces of metal to cut the square hole to mount the EG. Seems to work pretty well.Get the egg up and burning, connect the genius to the pit (I use the thumb screw in the top of the Vision egg to attach to). This is close to the temp gauge in the lid and I like to use that temp instead of the grill temp.So far so good. Again, this thing seems to favor an IOS connection over and android which is a pain if that is what you have.