MeatNet™ Cloud: Setup and Remote MonitoringUpdated 8 hours ago

MeatNet Cloud lets you watch a cook from anywhere with internet, instead of only from within Bluetooth range of your thermometer.

What you need

• A Predictive Thermometer, any generation
• A free Combustion App account
• One of these to get your data onto the internet:
  • A Combustion WiFi tool: WiFi Booster, WiFi Display, or Giant Grill Gauge
  • Or a spare internet-connected device running the Combustion app as your "home" device. A second phone, a tablet, or a Mac with an M1 chip or newer all work.
  • Your own phone with the app to view the cook while you are away

1. Create your Combustion account

1. In the app, go to Settings
2. Tap Combustion Account
3. Sign in with an email address and password, a Google ID, or an Apple ID (Apple ID on iOS devices only)

2. Link your thermometers to the account

In the app, look for Link this device and follow the prompts. Link each thermometer you own.

Once your account is set up, that list of linked thermometers syncs to any device signed into the same account. That is what lets a second phone see the same gear.

3. Put your WiFi tool on your network

First, three prerequisites:

• The Combustion app is installed and up to date
• The firmware on your WiFi tool is current
• The tool is charged

Then wake the tool so the app can find it:

• WiFi Booster: with the app open, take the thermometer out of the Booster and turn the Booster on. You want a single white blink.
• WiFi Display: with the app open, turn the Display on and take the thermometer out of its charger. You want a temperature on the screen.

Then join the network:

1. In the app, open Settings and go to WiFi Devices
2. Select the tool you want to connect, then choose Join Network
3. Pick your network and enter the password. If your network does not appear, choose Other… and type the name manually
4. You are done when the tool shows its signal strength

Four things decide whether it joins:

• 2.4 GHz only. Combustion WiFi radios do not use 5 GHz. If your router broadcasts both bands under one name, your phone may hand the tool a 5 GHz network it cannot join.
• Network type. Open, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 Personal all work. Networks with a sign-in page, like hotel, office or guest WiFi, are not supported.
• Plain network names. Emoji, accents or unusual characters in the network name can block the connection.
• Mesh systems. On Orbi, eero or Google Nest, the tool's low-power WiFi chip locks onto one access point when it powers on and does not roam between nodes. Set it up and power it on where it will actually live, then give it a minute.

No WiFi tool? Use a second device instead

If you do not have a WiFi Booster, WiFi Display, or Giant Grill Gauge, a spare device can do the same job.

1. Install the app on both devices, your "home" one and your "away" one
2. Sign in to the same Combustion account on each
3. Cook as normal
4. Leave the home device within Bluetooth range of the thermometer and connected to the internet. It streams the data up to MeatNet Cloud
5. View the live cook on your away device

What you can do from anywhere

Once your cook is on the cloud, from any distance you get:

• Current temperatures at all 8 sensors in advanced mode, including TrueCore, TrueSurface and TrueAmbient
• The target temperature you set
• SafeCook status
• The "ready in" prediction and time elapsed
• Graphs
• Notifications

What still needs Bluetooth

Changing anything. Setting or changing a target temperature, and setting SafeCook, need a device within Bluetooth range of the thermometer. A device watching over the cloud can see everything and change nothing.

So the usual pattern is: set the cook up at the grill, then walk away and watch it from your phone.

Your cook data

You can export the current cook as a CSV from the app.

The app keeps your current or most recent cook until you close the app or start a new one, so export before you do either if you want to keep the data.

Why do I need an account?

So your cook data belongs to something. It lets you look back at your cooking, fine-tune a recipe, and track how a pork butt actually went.

It is one and done: no obligation, no ads, no mailing lists. Think of it as a library card for your own data.

Still have a question?

If your tool will not join your network, or your cook is not appearing when you are away, email [email protected] and tell us which WiFi tool you have and whether it shows a signal strength in the app.

WiFi Not Working? Troubleshooting Guide for Combustion WiFi Accessories covers network problems in detail. How Combustion's Wireless Works (MeatNet™) explains the local Bluetooth side.

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