During the summer, there’s nothing like grilling and grilling in your own backyard and enjoying some delicious steaks, burgers, and hot dogs grilled to perfection with family and friends. Now, if you are someone who enjoys being in complete control of your cooking so that you don’t have to stand over the grill, then you should consider investing in a smart grill. Unlike traditional grills, most smart grills incorporate built-in temperature controls to seamlessly adjust temperature settings, meaning you never have to worry about undercooking or overcooking meat products. So, if you’re looking for a new smart grill for your backyard, take a look at the Kamado Joe Connected Joe.
Kamado Joe Konnected Joe is a smart smoked digital charcoal grill, which has an 18-inch circular ceramic grill with a cooking area of 250 square meters, two-level cooking system to cook different foods at different temperatures, a built-in heating element that quickly ignites the charcoal through a button Automatic Fire Starter, Kontrol Tower Top Vent that helps control airflow, Digitally controlled Kontrol fan system that provides a wide temperature range between 225°F to 700°F, Built-in meat probe to accurately monitor the cooking temperature of your food, Digital Control Panel Features Inline Digital Controls For Precise Temperature Adjustment 24-Hour Digital Temperature Graph Notification Alerts Multiple Cooking Modes Accuracy Monitoring Up To 3 Meat Probes Simultaneously Wi-Fi Connectivity Also In-app controls Via the Kamado Joe app, users can set and modify cooking temperature and time, monitor up to 3 meat probes, watch their food’s cooking progress, and find recipes.
With the Smart Digital Charcoal Grill and Smoker, you can easily achieve low and slow smoking, high heat searing, or any other style of grilling or grilling in between.
Now, in case you’re still not convinced, check out our detailed review of the Kamado Joe Connected Joe, where we take a closer look at every single feature and function that this smart digital charcoal grill and smoker has to offer you.
Design and specifications
Starting with the size of the grill, note that this grill and smoker has a sleek and compact shape, measuring exactly 47 inches long and 48 inches wide (119.38 x 121.92 cm), with some heft to it, weighing in at exactly 216 pounds. (97.97 kg).
Despite its hefty weight, the unit is still equipped with a set of four (x4) sturdy locking casters built into the bottom of the cart’s steel frame, making it relatively easy to transport.
Then in terms of its design, Konnected Joe has a really cool and very modern design, which gives it a classy and elegant look.
Moreover, this grill and smoker also has a very durable construction, as its body is built from heavy-duty, powder-coated steel.
We turn to its various components. As for the cooking area, Konnected Joe comes with an 18-inch round ceramic grill that gives you 250 square inches of cooking space, which is enough space to cook approximately 13 burgers, 4 whole chickens, or 2 pork butts.
What’s more, the Konnected Joe 18-Inch Round Ceramic Grill is cleverly designed to have an innovative 2-Tier Divide & Conquer cooking system, which allows the grill to be divided into two halves that can be set up as two separate cooking areas. at different heights to cook different foods at different temperatures at the same time.
Not only that, but its 18-inch round ceramic grill also includes a set of lifting handles, which allow for easy and safe loading and unloading of the ceramic grill.
Moreover, Konnected Joe also incorporates a set of side shelves that provide extra space to safely place any type of food on before and after it is cooked.
When it comes to the cooking method, know that this is an electric grill and smoker, which means that the heating method used to generate the flames to ignite your charcoal is electrically powered.
However, to start the flames, the Konnected Joe comes with a built-in heating element, which can be easily operated by pressing the Automatic Fire Starter button in order to quickly ignite the charcoal.
This allows the grill’s flame to be hot enough to start cooking food in less than 15 minutes.
Speaking of charcoal, know that the maximum amount of charcoal a Konnected Joe can support is about 6 pounds. (2.7 kg) but not more than that. However, remember to never overfill the charcoal grate, as this could eventually damage many of the unit’s components, and could also cause serious injury.
In addition, there is also a Kontrol Tower Top Vent that helps users precisely control the temperature and airflow inside the grill cooking dome when it is opened or closed.
Integrated just below the Kontrol Tower Top Vent is also a sophisticated built-in thermometer, which allows users to easily monitor grill cooking temperatures with the utmost accuracy.
On top of all the aforementioned, Konnected Joe also integrates a digitally controlled Kontrol Fan system that provides users with a wide temperature range between 225°F to 700°F.
Last but not least, this smart digital grill and smoker also comes with a built-in meat probe that can be used to accurately monitor the cooking temperature of your food from start to finish.
Best of all, the Konnected Joe also comes built-in with a slide-out ash tray, allowing for quicker and easier cleaning of the cooking dome.
Interface / Control Panel
We’ll now take a closer look at the grill’s interface, meaning the digital control panel, which is a premium digital control panel.
First, the Konnected Joe’s Digital Control Panel features built-in digital controls that are used to precisely set the cooking temperature in the Kontrol Joe’s cooking dome.
Moving from left to right and top to bottom, there is a screen cycle button (used to cycle through different digital temperature reading views), a temperature set button (used to precisely set the grill’s cooking temperature), and a time set button (to set a specific cooking time ), and the Wi-Fi button (enables a wireless connection between Konnected Joe and the user’s smartphone in order to wirelessly control the unit’s various functions via the Kamado Joe app).
In addition, its digital control panel also features an LED display (integrated in the center of the grill’s digital control panel) where users can view the grill on a 24-hour digital temperature graph, as well as any important notification alerts, such as when their food has finished cooking. .
On the right side of the LED display, there is also a knob used to smoothly adjust the grill’s cooking temperature, and below it, the unit’s dedicated on/off button.
In addition to the right, there are also three (x3) separate meat probe ports that allow users to monitor up to 3 meat probes simultaneously.
Tucked under the three meat probe ports is the Automatic Fire Starter button which is used to ignite the heating element built into the grill.
With Konnected Joe’s digital control panel, users can choose from multiple cooking modes with automatic temperature controls for precise cooking. These include an auto cooking mode that offers complete digital control, as well as a classic mode, which allows you to have a traditional (i.e. manual) grilling experience while operating this smart grill and smoker.
Connection
To create a wireless connection between the user’s smartphone, Konnected Joe features Wi-Fi connectivity.
Smartphone Companion App – The Kamado Joe App
Finally, users can also install a kamado jo app on their smartphone (available for free download iOS And android appliances) for the times when they are away from the grill but still want to be able to wirelessly adjust the current grill temperature and also control other cooking settings.
Via the Kamado Joe app, users can easily set and adjust the unit’s cooking temperature and cooking time, monitor the device’s dedicated meat probe, and see the progress of the food they’re cooking over time.
Best of all, the Kamado Joe app also provides users with access to many different delicious recipes that can be cooked with Kamado Joe Connected Joe.
Final thoughts
Kamado Joe Konnected Joe is a smart smoked digital charcoal grill, which has an 18-inch circular ceramic grill with a cooking area of 250 square meters, two-level cooking system to cook different foods at different temperatures, a built-in heating element that quickly ignites the charcoal through a button Automatic Fire Starter, Kontrol Tower Top Vent that helps control airflow, Digitally controlled Kontrol fan system that provides a wide temperature range between 225°F to 700°F, Built-in meat probe to accurately monitor the cooking temperature of your food, Digital Control Panel Features Inline Digital Controls For Precise Temperature Adjustment 24-Hour Digital Temperature Graph Notification Alerts Multiple Cooking Modes Accuracy Monitoring Up To 3 Meat Probes Simultaneously Wi-Fi Connectivity Also In-app controls Via the Kamado Joe app, users can set and modify cooking temperature and time, monitor up to 3 meat probes, watch their food’s cooking progress, and find recipes.
All in all, the App-enabled Digital Charcoal Grill and Smoker offers its users a fully digital grilling and grilling experience from the comfort of their home, whether they are close by the grill, relaxing on the porch with family and friends, or even if they are just sitting on the couch watching sports and enjoying a nice cold beer.
If you are interested in purchasing it, know that the price per unit is $1,699. You can order it online, directly from Kamado Jo’s official shopping page.
Customers can also include the Classic Joe Cover (a heavy-duty weatherproof cover for the grill) in their purchase and use it to keep the grill protected from all weather when setting up the grill outside. This stylish weatherproof cover is sold separately for $99.99.