Steak Locker vs Combustion Inc.

From one chef to another: great dry-aging isn't luck. It's control. Steak Locker is the companion app for your Steak Locker smart dry age fridge — trusted in home kitchens and professional ones alike. Whether you're chasing your first 30-day ribeye or running a full dry-aging program in a restaurant, it's the difference between hoping a cut turns out and knowing it will. Open the app and your whole operation is right there: temperature, humidity, and everything that's aging, at a glance. KNOW, DON'T GUESS Watch temperature and humidity in real time, around the clock. Set your targets and Steak Locker keeps watch, sending an alert the moment something drifts — so you can step in before a single cut is at risk, whether you're in the next room or across the country. SEE THE WHOLE STORY Review 24-hour, 7-day, and 30-day history for every reading. Spot trends, confirm stability, and prove consistency — the kind of record a serious program needs. TRACK EVERY CUT Log each piece with its cut, weight, and start date. Follow days elapsed and remaining, estimated yield, and progress toward target — from a single primal to a full locker. RUN ONE LOCKER OR MANY Manage multiple lockers from a single app, each with its own targets and program. Scale from one fridge at home to a row of them in a commercial kitchen without losing the thread. GUIDED FROM DAY ONE New to dry-aging? You're covered. Built-in lessons meet you exactly where you are — from your first cut to advanced charcuterie. Seasoned pros can skip straight to the controls. STEAKHOUSE QUALITY, FOR LESS Dry-age premium beef, charcuterie, cheese, and more — results that rival the best steakhouses, at a fraction of the cost of buying it finished. Built for home cooks and professional chefs, butchers, and restaurants. Steak Locker gives you the control the craft demands. Requires a Steak Locker smart dry age fridge (or Steak Locker Smart Aging Controller).

See (and graph!) exact temperatures throughout your food while it cooks. Know exactly when it will be done. View and graph core, surface, and ambient temps in real time. The wireless Predictive Thermometer was built to answer a simple but important question: when will my food be ready? Combustion’s Predictive Engine™ estimates exactly when that will be, using the data from 8 onboard sensors (the most of any cooking thermometer). Important firmware updates! The Combustion App includes the latest firmware updates for Predictive Thermometers and other Combustion Accessories including Boosters, Displays, Giant Grill Gauges and other forthcoming products. Firmware updates improve core functions including time-to-cook predictions, longer battery life, and can add new features. MeatNet™ Cloud – for functionally unlimited range! Use with WiFi Accessories or with a second mobile device to stream your cook data to the cloud. Watch your cook in real-time from anywhere with internet access. Live Activity/Apple Watch support. The Combustion App works with iOS as well as iPadOS and MacOS (M1 or newer). Includes Live Activity (Dynamic Island) display feature so you can watch key temps even when the app is in the background. So handy! Combustion App Features: – Set target temp: so that your food comes out just the way you want it – See predictions in relative time (“ready in” countdown) or in absolute “clock” time – See key temps in real-time: including TrueCore®, TrueSurface™, TrueAmbient™ – Get notifications for important cooking events with advanced alerts (ready alarm, 5-minute warning, disconnect alert, low battery notification) – Set SafeCook™ parameters (integrated food-safety) – Know exactly when your food is safe to eat – Set-up WiFi connectivity for Combustion WiFi accessories – Graph your food’s temperatures in real-time! – See (and graph) temperatures from all 8 sensors with Advanced Cooking Mode – Enables multi-node MeatNet™: use any combination of Combustion accessories to extend Bluetooth signal range + strength – Use with or without Combustion Display – Export cooking data - to fine-tune your technique – Update firmware: get better performance and new features for Combustion tools – Works with most cooking appliances and cookware types – Works with all kinds of foods and most cooking appliances - BBQ smokers, ovens, ranges, grills, and more - indoors and out. – Works with or without WiFi Get more consistent results with all your favorite foods: steak, pork chops, brisket, pork shoulder, roasts, turkey, whole chicken, ribs, fish, bread, and more. Advanced graphing on the Combustion App helps you visualize exactly how heat moves through your food. You will understand the relationship between ambient cook temps and surface temps. And how surface temps really control how long things take – and how evenly food cooks. It may shock you to find out the oven temp (or grill temp) you set is not the same as the food is actually experiencing! The Combustion Inc app puts all that knowledge in front of you – with instant feedback, so you’re not just cooking better, you’re also learning as you go. And learning has never been so delicious.