Range Dial – Bluetooth LE Cooking Thermometer For iPhone And iPad

Austin, Texas based Supermechanical LLC has announced Range Dial, its most advanced smart cooking thermometer to date. Range Dial is an accurate Bluetooth LE cooking thermometer for iPhone and iPad, designed as a premium tool, and made with thoughtful details and better materials to match fine kitchen appliances.

Range Dial has two versatile ports to plug in a variety of temperature probes for every task from smoking and roasting to homebrewing and cheesemaking. It works as a thermometer for third-party homebrewing and coffee roasting apps – iBrewMaster and Roastmaster, respectively. The free Range app has convenient features like remote temperature monitoring, predicted done time, graphing and logging temperature data, and presets for cooking a variety of gourmet foods. Yet the interaction has been carefully considered to eliminate direct use of the app as much as possible, in the spirit of iOS 9 and messy hands.

Features:

* App-free operation. Supermechanical has thought through the flow to eliminate interaction with a smartphone as much as possible while retaining the benefits. Turn the programmable knob to a preset, and you’ve set an alert. Then both Range Dial and your phone will beep when the temperature is hit, with cues for progress along the way. If you want a glance at more detail, you can view remote temperatures and predicted done time on your lock screen.

* Remote monitoring. As long as one device is within range via Bluetooth, all your other Internet-connected devices will see the temperature as well.

* Design. It’s made with machined stainless steel, silicone and laser-etched polycarbonate to fit in with your other kitchen utensils, not your gadgets.

* Engineering. On the inside, it uses better electronic components and custom circuit design to get faster and more accurate readings and better Bluetooth performance.

* Versatile. It has two ports for a variety of temperature probes and other forthcoming sensors, and technically minded cooks can create their own sensors and even replace the firmware.

App features:
* Set alerts for rising, falling, or temperature ranges one-handed
* F and C, USDA and gourmet presets
* Done-time prediction
* Graphing with PDF and CSV data export
* Customize presets on dial

System Requirements:
* iOS 8 or newer

Hardware specifications:
* Reads temperatures from -40F to 450F (-40C to 230C)
* Accurate to 0.9F at 150F (0.5C at 65C)
* 2xAAA, 6 months battery life
* Two multipurpose sensor ports
* Bluetooth Low Energy (requires iPhone 4S, iPad 3, or newer)

Range Dial is on Kickstarter now starting at $64, with a preorder discount of up to 38%, and will be shipping in March.. The campaign has passed its goal and ends on November 12. Supermechanical has successfully crowdfunded and shipped two previous products – the first, wired Range smart thermometer and the Twine DIY home sensor, which was the third-highest Kickstarter ever at the time it was funded in 2012.

Supermechanical:
http://supermechanical.com

Range Dial:
http://supermechanical.com/range/

Download App:
https://itunes.apple.com/app/rangeo/id765277430

Kickstarter Campaign:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/supermechanical/range-dial-connected-food-thermometer-that-lets-yo

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