The Pitmaster Bundle

• Giant Grill Gauge
• 10mm Heat Shield
• Combustion Engine
• Standard snout and mounting hardware
• 2nd Generation Predictive Thermometer
• Standard charging cradle
• USB-c charging cable

It depends on the grill or smoker in question. Some grills are super easy and require no tools, others might require you to drill a hole at an appropriate location for the fan exhaust. 

So, long story short, it’s as difficult (or easy, depending) as installing pretty much any third-party blower. 

Before we ship, we will have installation guides available for the most popular grills.

The fan is sized to supply up to 15CFM (cubic feet/min), which is honestly overkill for most grills and smokers. In most cases, the engine will reduce the fan’s output automatically. 

When set to max temperature, the fan will output it's full power to stoke the fire as hot as possible.

You’ll need either the Giant Grill Gauge OR a Predictive Thermometer measuring the grill/chamber temp. That input tells the Combustion Engine how much to blow to keep the temp steady. You can set the target temp using the dial, the gauge, or the Combustion app. 

Connecting either tool to the Combustion app provides another level of features - temp tracking, graphing, temp alerts, and more goodness.

Yessssss. Fire it up! Turn the dial to “max” to get those coals pumping. That’s awfully handy even when you’re not smoking.

Our standard adapter—we call it the snout—is a high-temperature silicone duct with compressible silicone foam and a spring retention clip. It can fit onto many grills and smokers that have typical adjustable vent holes in the bottom of the grill, like a Weber Kettle grill, Weber Smokey Mountain, a PK Grill, and many more.

For others, we offer a variety of mounting plates that attach to the snout and then mount directly to your grill or smoker. This allows you to easily remove the blower from the snout between uses.

Adapters can be added to your order now or as an accessory anytime before it ships. (And yes, you can order “extra” standard snouts - that way, the Combustion Engine can be easily moved from your favorite smoker to your other favorite smoker.) 

Almost-universal standard snout

• Fits standard grills

Big Green Egg/Kamado-style smoker adapter

• Big Green Egg plate – 81 x 125mm (3.2 x 4.9in)
• Large Kamado plate - 89 x 76mm (3.5 x 3in)
• Small Kamado plate - 84 x 70mm (3.3 x 2.75in)

Threaded mounts (designed to screw into ball valve)

• Designed to screen into common ball valve sizes: ¾in, 1.5in, 2in

30mm Port

• Fits ports 30mm / 1.18in in diameter

Recharging time depends on the power supply and USB cable you use. It’s a big battery.

• 24hrs with 5V USB 2.0
• 4 hrs with USB type-C 
• 1 hour with USB type-C rated for power delivery (PD) 

*Power supply not included.

It sure can. You can run it from the USB port, and if using USB type C power supply, it can run and charge at the same time.

A more durable, fully hermetic seal and higher maximum temperature range.

Using high-temperature ceramic-to-metal brazing, we create a true hermetic seal between the ceramic handle and steel tube. Unlike conventional seals or adhesives that can degrade over time, this brazing process creates a permanent metallurgical bond at the molecular level. 

The result is a completely hermetic seal that's tested to IP69k standards – the highest ingress protection rating available.

Key improvements:

• True hermetic seal - safe for vacuum sealing, sous-vide, and deep-frying
• Extended temperature range - high-temp region now reaches 900ºF (482ºC), up from 600ºF
• Enhanced sensor performance - relocated ambient sensor provides faster, more accurate readings
• More durable construction while maintaining all original smart features.

We also introduced built-in WiFi to the second generation accessories (WiFi Display, WiFi Booster, Giant Grill Gauge).

Not at all! If you have an original Predictive Thermometer that's working great for you, don't worry!

We'll continue supporting it with new app features and firmware upgrades, just like always. And your 1st gen Combustion Predictive Thermometer (CPT) even works with 2nd generation WiFi accessories. Just add one (WiFi Display, WiFi Booster, or Giant Grill Gauge) to your existing set to take advantage of your home WiFi network and watch your temps remotely from anywhere.

The 1st gen Predictive Thermometer is still fantastic for most cooking setups. While the original design performed well overall, we saw an opportunity to improve the durability of the main seal. Our second-generation design uses high-temperature ceramic-to-metal brazing to create a permanent, hermetic seal between the ceramic handle and steel tube.

The 2nd gen CPT offers enhanced durability, improved ambient temperature sensing through a relocated sensor, and an extended temperature range, now reaching 900ºF in the high-temp region (up from 600ºF).

For most everyday cooking applications, the 1st generation CPT continues to work great.

Any Combustion Predictive Thermometer (CPT) can be used with any of our new WiFi accessories (WiFi Display, WiFi Booster, Giant Grill Gauge) to connect to WiFi and send live cook data to anywhere in the world with internet access. Be sure to get the newest firmware to use this feature!

WiFi's higher transmission power (more than 10x that of Bluetooth) allows for excellent coverage throughout your home and, through your network, anywhere with internet access. This is especially useful when cooking from your basement or other locations where lower-power signals might struggle.

Why isn't WiFi in the thermometer itself?

It comes down to optimizing battery life while maintaining performance. WiFi draws significantly more power than Bluetooth, and the thermometer's battery must be small enough to fit near the probe tip. By using Bluetooth's energy-efficient design, we can achieve industry-leading battery life (over 92 hours) while still maintaining rapid data updates - every 5 seconds during normal cooking, and up to 5 times per second when it matters most.

Using a separate tool for WiFi connectivity means the thermometer can dedicate its power to what matters: collecting data, calculating predictions, running algorithms, SafeCook™, and all the other features that make the CPT special. 

This design choice helps us maintain the longest functional battery life of any wireless thermometer, even while processing more data than our competitors.

The Giant Grill Gauge is compatible with most grills and smokers, including popular brands like Big Green Egg, Traeger, Weber, and more.

If in doubt, read on:

• You'll need a clear, circular area of 4.5 inches in diameter for the display
• You'll need a center pass-through hole for the sensor tube

Attachment Methods:

• Standard: 1/4-20 threaded tube with wing-nut (preferred)
• Alternative: M4-threaded sensor tube with matching wingnut

Setup is straightforward. Attach the mount to your grill where your old gauge was, then secure it with the wingnut.

The Giant Grill Gauge display snaps onto the mount magnetically. Once attached, all you have to do is turn it on.

Connect it to your Wi-Fi network easily using the Combustion app.

Yes! It’s part of the Bluetooth mesh network (Meatnet™) and also adds WiFi to your toolset.

The Giant Grill Gauge connects to Meatnet and communicates with other Combustion tools, but also connects directly to your Wi-Fi network. This gives you the ability to remotely check temps using the app – from far beyond Bluetooth range. 

From the CPT’s point of view, it’s creating a direct line-of-sight Bluetooth connection inside the grill!

The signal coming from the CPT doesn’t have to penetrate the box, it has a backdoor. And then the Gauge passes that on to whatever else you’ve got - Boosters, Displays, Apps. And so forth.

That also means the Gauge is not dependent on WiFi - you can still use it as a repeater with traditional Meatnet, even if the internet goes down. 

On top of this, the Gauge is contributing its own data (grill temp) to the pool, which creates all kinds of interesting and useful analytical possibilities. Mathematical!

Yes! Custom alarms are a highly-requested feature.

That's coming to the Combustion App very soon and will work natively with the Gauge and Predictive Thermometer.

Cooks will be able to set an alarm and will be alerted through the app as well as by the Gauge itself.