Williams-Sonoma smart thermometer app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
First release : 03 Oct 2013
App size: 13.08 Mb
Plan and cook your whole meal—one thermometer does it all.
This app, along with the WS smart thermometer sold in Williams-Sonoma stores and online at www.williams-sonoma.com, keeps you posted on cooking details anywhere within range of your Wi-Fi connection. It uses your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to provide one-screen monitoring of temperature, cooking progress and time remaining.
• Go wherever you like within your home’s Wi-Fi range and use your mobile device to keep precise track of what’s cooking.
• Patented anticipatory function calculates and updates approximate cooking time.
• Set up custom alerts to notify you when a specific amount of cooking time remains.
• Customize timers for your main and each side dish.
• Has preprogrammed settings for different types of protein and levels of doneness.
• Based on meat selected the app provides images and instructions for proper probe placement.
• Manual settings allow you to choose specific temperatures.
• Thermometer is compatible with the iPad mini, iPad (1st through 4th generation); iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPhone; iPod touch (1st through 5th generation);
most WiFi CERTIFIED™ routers. We recommend using this thermometer with Apple iOS 6.0 or later.
Latest reviews of Williams-Sonoma smart thermometer app for iPhone and iPad
While we were cooking our turkey, we changed the temperature of the oven due to the nature of our recipe. It didnt seem to plan for that, and even though it was only a quarter way done, it still said that there were only 15 seconds left, at which point it quickly added 20 minutes at the last second, which could have easily ruined the turkey if we had not been watching it. The fact that some of the alerts rely on the time remaining prediction almost make those features completely useless, and therefore not recommended until they fix it.
I just bought this Monday and ran home and roasted a pork tenderloin. The app told me where to place the probe and the timers allowed me to coordinate the side dishes! A must have for all food nerds, put it on your wish list!
Just got this and it looks supernice, like my Nest. But unlike the Nest, which connected in one swift operation to my wireless, this device connected exactly once, and since then its either one reinstall after the other or error connecting - Williams Sonoma, please dont make this like healthcare.gov!
I bought this while at a Williams-Sonoma store after being shown what it can do. I couldn’t wait to get home and set it up. It is packed well and there is not much to it. The documentation included is a small double folder paper. If give basic instructions and the app is where you get most of the help. It also has to call them if you need additional support. I have a Time capsule with both 2.4 and 5GHz networks. I got the app on 2 different iPads and went through the setup. It does ask you to write down your network name and password, good idea. You need to change your iPad wireless to the thermo and then enter your network name. Wish it would scan networks and let you pick but that is not an option. You also are asked for the password and encryption type. It then sends this info to the thermo so it can connect to your wifi. After all this you then connect back to your home network and should be able to wirelessly connect to your new smart thermo and start playing. I have spent more than 3 hours of my life trying to get this to work and quadruple check I typed in everything right. I even called the support number which is just the normal number to check the status of an order. I spoke to a rep you said all he could do is look up online if there were help pages. FAIL. I was told to take it back to the store and have them setup the device. So I can now take my home wifi unit and cables, my new thermometer and my iPad so a store clerk can read the same simple instructions and fail to connect. They need to fix this or add that this currently iOS only app does not work with apple routers.
I bought this today, got home, and had it in a ham in less than five minutes. The WiFi setup is extremely easy — if you download the app first, it will walk you through the setup step by step, and will take less than a minute. The timers are OK to set with a set time duration, but my favorite feature is the custom alerts by temp or time that you can either set “After Start” or “Before Finish”. They pairs very well with the smart timer. My primary complaint is the lack of an iPad optimized version of the app. Sure, the iPhone optimized app works fine, but doesn’t have the graphics it should have and cannot rotate. An iPad version would also allow even more added functionality. A great app and kitchen tool overall, and I hope it continues to improve.