What's MeatNet™? How does range-boosting work?Updated 8 months ago

Very well, thank you. Our goal was to make the technical side of this “magical” and invisible to the cook.

You don’t need to understand it to use it!

MeatNet™ is an ad-hoc mesh network.

That means it’s a network that forms itself and doesn’t require any intervention - you don’t have to have an access point… or router.

Every part of Combustion's MeatNet cooperates but they do not depend on each other to work.

Combustion devices (and the app) communicate directly with one another (peer-to-peer). 

Importantly, breaking a connection does not interrupt an ongoing cook or reset anything.

This can be a huge problem for other wireless cooking products! 

With MeatNet, if your phone (for instance) has to reboot mid-cook, no problem. Everything will pick up–live and in real-time–when you get back.  

More?

• All data originates inside the Predictive Thermometer
• The thermometer broadcasts this openly over Bluetooth  
• Some products (e.g. Combustion Display and Combustion Booster) include a “repeater” function 
• A repeater rebroadcasts the exact information it got from the Predictive Thermometer 
• Apps within range of any MeatNet device display the data 

Ok, so?

So, a repeater (like the Combustion Display) lets you work around radio obstructions. 

A lot of cooking is done in a metal enclosure. That greatly reduces radio range.

By putting a repeater nearby but outside of the enclosure, you get a fresh, full-strength signal that can be read from much farther away, even through walls or other obstructions. 

All wireless products (including ours) list unobstructed ranges. But for practical cooking, you’re almost always going to be dealing with some obstructions. 

What data does the Predictive Thermometer receive?

• Target temperature instructions!  
• If a cook enters instructions (e.g. target temp) on the app or Display, the network passes those back to the thermometer (each Predictive Thermometer has a unique ID) 
• The thermometer then adjusts its settings and sends updated cooking data (including the new target) back out to be passed along
• As they receive the new data, all MeatNet devices (and apps) will update to match. Synchronized!

Can you use a second repeater to extend the network even farther?

If you happen to have 2 MeatNet™ tools they can be used in sequence to extend the signal up to 1000ft (300m).

In theory, you’ll be able to use up to 16 repeater nodes daisy-chained together – for over a kilometer of effective range.