iKammad is great controller but falling apart
I have used my iKAMMAND for at least three years and it has reliably controlled my cooking temperatures. Unfortunately the controller:fan no longer snaps into the lower vent ring as the tabs on the housing that snap into the vent adapter have finally broken off. I cannot tolerate a cool failure because of the iKAMMAND falling off my Kamado Joe and ruining l an expensive cut of meat or a failed meal service. I have contacted Kamado Joe customer service to determine if I can have it repaired or obtain replacement parts. The next step will be to replace the iKAMMAND with a unit that has a more reliable design.
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Terrible connection for fan
Constantly dropping signal for wifi during cook so much that it's unreliable. Extremely aggravating not to be able to use it over night because of this.
Seems to disagree with ios16
This app used to work great and would be fine on long cooks but since iOS 16 came out it seems to lose cooks while they’re in progress if I don’t leave the app open on my phone. Not handy if you want to cook a brisket overnight.
Bad quality cover
Probably the wrong department but I have had my grill on the deck since may and my Kamado cover is completely faded and the stitching is falling apart
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Tony scheri
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Tony scheri
iKamand is Great, the app stinks
The app is glitchy. The only thing that works is the temperature gauge, which is fine, but it’s annoying every time I try to use the other functions like recipes, it just doesn’t work
Must Have !!
This Ikamand it fantastic!! No more juggling the vents back and forth. Nice consistent temperature PERFECT !!
Drops connection
It's nice when it stays connected but frequently drops connection then goes offline completely. Can't trust it to work overnight.
Portrait mode for an iPad!?
I like the phone app, but the iPad version is useless. Who on earth uses their iPad in the kitchen in portrait mode? All of my kitchen-related apps are used in a docking station with a keyboard in landscape mode. It’s not that hard to program the orientation to switch depending on how the user is holding the device.
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Great Grill
Read and watch videos if you do not have a pro neighbor to understand the cooking process and characteristics of the grill. You can cook anything on it. I have cooked some of the best grill food on the Kamado Joe. It is the best grill ever so learn how to use it properly and enjoy some great food.
Frequently drops WiFi and cannot auto-reconnect
Almost every cook it will at some point lose its WiFi connection. Not a big deal except that you have to be physically there to reconnect it, which is infuriating. Why won’t it just reconnect itself!?!?
When it works it’s Amazing
I have struggled to get the the iKamand to connect and work properly with “Low N Slow.” The “Fire It Up” and “Monitor” work easy. I think the app to control the iKamand has way too much stuff on that has nothing to do with cooking. If the iKamand is offline it connects for Low N Slow, but it stops because your not connected to the WiFi. If connect the iKamand to your WiFi the “Low N Slow” control. So it’s very frustrating. So it’s not worth $249!!!
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BRISKET!
What an amazing piece of equipment/insurance! Placed a brisket on the big Joe on a Saturday night around 8:00pm……it sat at 225 F. ALL NIGHT!!! It has allowed me to cook meats I would never have the time to cook!!!
Wonderful Cooking Instrument
The KJ Classic III is a blast to cook with. Being a gadget guy there are so many great accessories and they all work really well. Out of the box you can cook fast or slow, gentle or mean. It has it all. The grill is beautifully made and looks great for parties and such.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
Too many bugs
With this release probes work when in monitor mode but don’t work once you start cooking, all 3 probes just display —
Pit temperature overshoots all the time. By far the worst release to date.
Pit temperature overshoots all the time. By far the worst release to date.
Frustrating Every Time
I forget how unreliable this app and product are every time I cook a brisket. I get server errors, errors saying it won’t connect, error downloading updates, it fails to cancel the cook when I need to and it gives me an error every time I try to calibrate the device. I’m not even listing all that it struggles with. I fight with this thing for hours and somehow get it to work in the end. I have a Meater+ and that thing works perfectly. Can Kamado Joe hire those developers? #frustrated
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Login broken, app is useless
None of the login options are working and account creation is broken too. This makes the device USELESS. The app should allow you to control the iKamand WITHOUT logging in. Wifi connectivity should be sufficient.
Worked great until it doesn’t.
Worked great until it doesn’t. Can’t log in so can’t cook with it…flawed design. You shouldn’t have to log in just to cook. Bad design KJ.
Junk
Absolutely junk wifi connection. Less than 10’ away from iPhone 12 it shows disconnected. Less than 20’ from the home wifi.
Smoked salmon strips
Excellent outcome. First time using the KJ. The recipe book called for 225 degrees F but my iKamad shows 250.
Ikamand
I tried to use this product 6 different times and it was either difficult to get a connection or keep a connection even though I have decent internet connect with the device.
