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[02ebz06]

It’s driving me a little crazy. It looks great, quality of the grill seems great, temp control seems great, and was easy to connect the grill to my home WiFi.

But, no matter what I do, I cannot get the app to go past the screen where I enter the MAC address. Crashes every time. Thought maybe it was because of the new Apple privacy and it doesn’t  allow you to say whether it’s ok to access local network, but even tried on a couple older devices with older iOS and still crashed just the same.

I called tech support while they were still open, had to leave a vm and no call back.

My old pellet grill is a Green Mountain and while that was a pain connecting as well, even that was better than this. Hope I get it figured out.

Can't help you with Apple.
My phone is Android.  Problem I had was the page to enter the info on never displayed.
I ended up using my tablet (Android also) and the page showed up there.

[ba123]

Yeah, I saw somewhere that with Android you have to go to a web address. But that part wasn’t my prob...that the wife part.

It’s the next step that isn’t working for me which is connecting the grill to my app.

[02ebz06]

Just thought of another thing...
My Router is in my garage, and I have a WiFi Extender in my family room (closer to grill than router).
The signal wasn't strong enough at the grill and I ended up buying a different Extender to solve the problem.

[ba123]

Thank you, but like I said, WiFi isn’t the problem. I have a strong signal, it is connected. I’ve messed to much with his and I hate not being able to solve a problem. I installed an android emulator on my of so I could install the Android Memphis app to make sure it isn’t an Apple thing and it doesn’t get to the next step on there either.

I’m gonna mess around a little more with some other ideas and hope I can figure it out. So many more productive things I could be doing...like figuring out what I’m going to smoke first!!!

[Bentley]

Pretty sure Customer Service will be back to you on Monday or Tuesday!

[02ebz06]

OK, I guess I misunderstood what you meant when you the problem was connecting the grill to the app.
I assumed it was a WiFi issue.

[ba123]

Nothing else I tried had any luck so I guess I’m waiting on that.

Here is a sneak preview of the side that’s done.

The one thing they fail to tell you about the grill controller is that even though you can put it anywhere you want, the flipping opening for the probes is only on the left side!!! I’ll need to figure out an extension or something, especially since I bought an extra.

I did have the electrician install a dedicated circuit for the Memphis, even though I’m sure it isn’t needed, and I also put a sleek hidden switch above the refrigerator that you cannot see in the picture. You can’t see if even if you’re down low looking at the refrigerator. It’s perfect and cuts power to the Memphis. I also have a WIFI plug controller that I can delay a power off or turn off from inside or from Alexa if I forget to flip the switch and don’t feel like going back outside.

I did take 02ebz06’s advice and I installed a separate Ethernet extension that gores from the back of the grill to the controller to I can remove the controller more easily. That cable was a pain to feed through when I did it with the grill removed, so glad I did that! TY for that one!

Lastly, the family wants pizza, so I’m gonna see how it turns out on here. I really enjoyed my GMG pizza attachment. Worked so well and cooked perfectly so gonna try to use the cover from that inside my grill and instead of the pizza stone pictured, use a pizza steel that I mainly use indoors.

[reubenray]

That all looks very nice.  I am in the early stages of planning something for a new deck at my new home.  I am debating on having it against the house or in a corner of the deck where I can see outwards instead of looking at the wall.

[02ebz06]

Nothing else I tried had any luck so I guess I’m waiting on that.

Here is a sneak preview of the side that’s done.

The one thing they fail to tell you about the grill controller is that even though you can put it anywhere you want, the flipping opening for the probes is only on the left side!!! I’ll need to figure out an extension or something, especially since I bought an extra.

I did have the electrician install a dedicated circuit for the Memphis, even though I’m sure it isn’t needed, and I also put a sleek hidden switch above the refrigerator that you cannot see in the picture. You can’t see if even if you’re down low looking at the refrigerator. It’s perfect and cuts power to the Memphis. I also have a WIFI plug controller that I can delay a power off or turn off from inside or from Alexa if I forget to flip the switch and don’t feel like going back outside.

I did take 02ebz06’s advice and I installed a separate Ethernet extension that gores from the back of the grill to the controller to I can remove the controller more easily. That cable was a pain to feed through when I did it with the grill removed, so glad I did that! TY for that one!

Lastly, the family wants pizza, so I’m gonna see how it turns out on here. I really enjoyed my GMG pizza attachment. Worked so well and cooked perfectly so gonna try to use the cover from that inside my grill and instead of the pizza stone pictured, use a pizza steel that I mainly use indoors.

I don't think I used the Memphis probe more than once.
I use the Thermoworks Smoke remote thermometers.
You can use a Maverick, Thermoworks, or any other remote thermometer with the grill.
The cables are thin enough that you can close the lid on them and don't have to use the probe hole.
They still haven't made the probe hole big enough to conveniently put 2 or 3 cables it.

I started my pizza making venture with just a 3/4" thick fibrament stone in my Memphis Pro when I was in Texas.
Cranked to 600 or 650 and it worked great.
I would recommend a thicker stone, at least 3/4" or a baking steel.
Thicker will retain the heat longer, and reduce recovery time if you are going to do more than one pizza.

Looks very nice by the way. 

[ba123]

Good to know with the probe. Wish I hadn’t overspent on an extra. I do have another thermometer unit I use and like but just like on the GMG, I do like to use programs based on the internal temp and smoker temp...if this app ever works.

I did swap out the stone for a pizza steel and I made four mini pizzas since we all like different things these days and also so I could mess around and do them differently. ALL of the crust bottoms turned out perfectly no matter which way I did it, but on most, the crust edges weren’t quite done. The pizza hood didn’t do a thing. Was thinking next time I’ll try the direct heat under the stone and hood on and lower heat? Anyone try something like that?

At one point, in between pizzas, I had it cranked up and it caught fire, so I turned it way down until it recovered. I only had the hood on for the first one since I felt like it made it cooler inside it how it was.

I ended by just having the pizza steel on there, setting at 600°, pizza for 2 minutes, then turning and then raising to 650° for 3 or so minutes until it looked done but trying not to open since no hood... The best was was my own, fortunately and it was delish but I will keep trying other things to make it simpler. I had it down on the GMG and that used so many fewer pellets!

Anyone find or modify the pizza oven attachment to work? I love how it was direct heat to the bottom. I only had to set the GMG to 325° in order to get the 600° inside the pizza oven that worked great for my pizzas.

[ba123]

I didn't get a call back from Memphis so I submitted an online request and just heard back finally. Like I read someone else having the same problem, hopefully anyone else sees this post that has trouble, but seems a lot of people have a problem with the name part because it's wrong in the Memphis cloud from the start. Not sure why they wouldn't g et a better handle on this, but whatever. They fixed it and now connected.

Kitchen finally together except for the two pieces that have been on backorder forever.

[02ebz06]

Very nice, Congrats!!! 
I like the brick color.

How does that drawer below the Memphis work for you?
Mine drags.
Hate to have to do it, but I'm going to have to yank it out of there and see if I can raise the slides up a little.

[Kristin Meredith]

Really nice set-up you have built!

[yorkdude]

That is quite impressive, nicely done.

[Bar-B-Lew]

Looks great.

I'm still skeptical about having any grill that close to the walls of my house though.