Well i did receive a couple of Christmas gifts early, so im Going to show them off a little
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yeah yeah .. i hear you ,, its just a box !! though here is what is in it ! ! good looking device comes with the main unit, power supply, 4 probes, and usb cable to program the unit. you do have to down load the program from tappercue for a windows based computer to program the unit to begin with.
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once you have downloaded the software file, unzip it and attach the tappecue to your computer , let it do its thing and the computer find it,,, also you may have to install an usb driver for the tappecue onto your computer to allow the communications between the two. once this is done,, the rest is easy... at the right step program in your wifi information and move forward.
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now for the 7 inch tablet it is a samsung, with a 8 gb on board and a 64 gb micro sd chip for additional storage. if you look at the lower left corner you will notice two icons, one id key ingredient, the other is tappecue icon
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key ingredient is a cooking website where you can set up an account, create cook books and store recipes along with accessing them from your computer, ipad, tablet or any device that you can down load an ipad app or google app.
this photo shows what i have programmed in for the tappecue in the tablet app as a few meats and basic temps, the temps can be changes as your tastes change, or even more added in as necessary. the unit comes with 4 probes that can be used to monitor 4 pieces of meat, or 3 pieces of meat and the cabinet temp.. you can use 1 to all 4 probes at a time.
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the temps on the tappecue, fair size display
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same reading on the tablet, nice item though is the ability to go else where with the tablet and beable to read the tappecue from any wifi hot spot that you have access to, I have tried this from several places around my area and seems to work quite well, grant you this was only a test.
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over all The tappecue device currently is a well built item... lots of good features such as being to program each probe independently of all the others, varying temps, various meats, and cabinet, Tappicue claims a range of 180 feet from the wifi router, however im not running any where that far away. Also, they have a free cloud storage for any and all cooks you save so you can go back and review them, see what you have done . also a graph is available to show temps of the meat and stall duration. All this is good information and very useful.
you can program in your favourite temps quite easily for any piece of meat and desired temp so you wont have to keep programming the unit for every cook,,, program it once and your done.. for that cut of meat, unless your family has varying tastes,,, not a problem,,, you can add in what they like as well and save it as well... now that is flexability and with a couple touches of a screen you programmed the tappecue for your smoke / cook... your done except for the cooking
in my opinion this device is will be quite helpful on many large cooks or even on gatherings at your home or neighbours. Another nice feature is that you can allow others to monitor your cooks just by giving them the user id and guest password, the guest can only view the cook and is unable to make any changes,,, you as the primary user has complete control over the cook, the tappecue and tablet...
you are not stuck at home with the tappucue device,, it is connected to the internet via wifi so you can monitor the cooking process from your bedroom if at night, to your work..visiting friends or neighbours. even on errands so you will always know what's going on with your smoke / cook
quite a nice set up with good features,,, am looking forward to learning more and using this device... cant wait to use it next time on when i make Canadian bacon..... yummmmm
also tappecue has additional probes from the standard ones that we have to be careful with as there are not sealed, and a tray clip which is handy to monitor the cabinet, also have sealed probes which are great to have .. also helps to keep moisture out of the probes and make clean up easier.
da beefmann
OOOOOOO. Cool toys.
Can I come over and play?
Quote from: tskeeter on October 10, 2014, 10:07:03 AM
OOOOOOO. Cool toys.
Can I come over and play?
you betcha
That looks really cool! Won't you miss sitting around nursing it with your favorite beverage? Or is this so that you can run to the store when you run out of said beverage? ;D
Oooo Oooo how much and where from?
http://www.tappecue.com/
$ 199.00 + free shipping for the tappecue thermometer as shown with the 4 probes, power supply and usb cable, the programming software id a free down load with usb drivers if needed.
also you would need to have handy your wifi information such as SSID and password for access., if all available 10 minute setup is all it takes
if you have a ipad , i phone . i tablet or a tablet that runs android then your good to go just have to down load the app onto the tablet or i pad, if not ten you need to get a i pad or tablet and they vary in price...
once you have your tappecue set up on wifi,, then you program the app with the information,,, and the fun begins ,.. seeing how the app is set up, when and how to select the probes,,, adding in your own programmed meat and cabinet temp..
then down the road if you choose to save your cooks you can review them later to see how it went along with the stall temps and cabinet temps,,
hope this helps
I love my Tappecue. The toughest part is probe management. With the PID, there are 6 probes threaded through the chamber on big cooks, and the cords are really long. Challenging, but worth the trouble.
One of my probes has gone bad -- I should have sealed the ends.