Cabela’s smoker by camp chef
App works well. It’s a little clunky and I don’t like that I have to go through the Cabela’s app and ads to get to the smoker. Overall it works good.
Serious connection issues
We use our smoker twice a week and have never had good service. The Bluetooth is terrible on our smoker. No other issues with any Bluetooth devices.
Smoker
Smoker works great but I have been frustrated with the WiFi feature. It’s not connecting and without being on the network i cannot set goal temps or control it remotely. Also, I think it is a huge mistake to have the door opening in the same direction as where you load the pellets. The door should be mounted on the other side so you can set things on the shelf outside of the smoker so you can have a free hand when you’re loading things into the smoker.
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Disappointed
After support phone call and two hour still won’t connect.
Control panel on Woodwind is very user unfriendly. Extremely difficult to navigate.
Pitiful
Hidden network
This app would not allow me to log onto a Hidden Network
Not a smooth change
Maybe I’m not doing it right, but I’ve updated plenty of apps, this one’s not going too smooth.
Not connecting and timer
Why didn’t the old app integrate the new updated app? I had to completely start over and rebuild the connection to the grill. It did have my historical cooks there I noticed. Grill not connecting to the WiFi it was connected to just before I updated it. It sees my network but fails to connect. Multiple attempts so far.
I liked the timer the way it was so far. Trying to see a work around or figure out why you changed it. Maybe I’m missing something. It was great before.
I liked the timer the way it was so far. Trying to see a work around or figure out why you changed it. Maybe I’m missing something. It was great before.
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Sorry excuse for an app
I can be right beside my router and app still cuts out. This is the sorriest excuse for an app I’ve ever seen. I knew I should have bought a traeger
Love this App
I see that this app now says “old.”
So clearly an update is necessary. I logged into the App Store to download the new version and I was surprised to see how poorly reviewed this app is. When it comes to functionality it executes perfectly. it accurately trends my probe temperatures. It sends me alerts when something goes wrong like a grease fire. It allows me to change the smoke intensity and the temperature through the app even when I’m sitting in Church. It doesn’t spam me with a single ad. It does just exactly what it needs to do. If I had to pick the best app on my phone, it surely would be this one. Wise up people realize how great you have it.
So clearly an update is necessary. I logged into the App Store to download the new version and I was surprised to see how poorly reviewed this app is. When it comes to functionality it executes perfectly. it accurately trends my probe temperatures. It sends me alerts when something goes wrong like a grease fire. It allows me to change the smoke intensity and the temperature through the app even when I’m sitting in Church. It doesn’t spam me with a single ad. It does just exactly what it needs to do. If I had to pick the best app on my phone, it surely would be this one. Wise up people realize how great you have it.
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Come on
Come on CampChef. I can deal with the app, but the constant crashing is little frustrating. Please spend the few hours of dev time to address these bugs. They can’t be that hard to fix.
Great smoker the app is terrible
This app is completely unreliable: some days it works properly, but most of the time you connect only via Bluetooth, with WiFi not working and this losing the possibility to leave home while cooking. Recently the app completely lost the pairing with the smoker (it’s connected in the phone Bluetooth setting screen but not on the app) and I had to hard reset the controller twice, it worked for a couple of cooks and then disappeared again. If knew the app was so unreliable I would have never purchased a camp chef unit
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Needs strong WiFi to the Grill
Once I got the WiFi signal figured out most of my connection issues resolved. Otherwise a nice simple app not over-cluttered. Set the temp, set the smoke and check temps on my phone instead of going out to the grill. Still has the odd connection issues and wasn’t the easiest to get connected.
Okay… but could be better
Would love to see an option to automatically change temp settings once hits a certain temp. GMG has this feature and it was awesome. Would be great to tell it to drop to 160 after the meat hits 200 so doesn’t over cook too bad
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi very unreliable
I should have gotten a Traeger
This grill was way overpriced for the performance it provides. The temps are inconsistent on almost every cook. The temp probe has to be constantly cleaned.
If given the chance to change my purchase, I would have chosen to get a Traeger or even a Pit Boss. I won’t purchase one again.
If given the chance to change my purchase, I would have chosen to get a Traeger or even a Pit Boss. I won’t purchase one again.
App issues
Cannot set target temp on app. Hasn’t been fixed in several years
App is trash
Sure wish I could use my smoker. But the smoker wont connect to the app
Connection issues
I love my Camp Chef, but this app is absolutely terrible. Connection issues with WiFi and Bluetooth. Had the app for the past 3-4 years and they still haven’t fixed the issues. It hasn’t let me add a target temperature for the probes like it’s supposed to. There is a lot wrong with this app.
Apple Watch
Ok. Only complaint is that it is not Apple Watch compatible. I’d give it 4 stars if it worked with the watch as well.
