Kamado Joe Big Joe Konnected Joe Digital Charcoal Grill & Smoker w/ Auto-Ignition & Temperature Control - KJ15042425

This is one of the best grills they make. I liked my regular Big Joe 3 so much I upgraded to this version and glad I did. The self start function the temperature settings makes this a breeze to use.

The grill works, if you *always* have it plugged in. The fan is plastic, it will melt instantly if power is lost to the grill. How can you make a grill with a plastic fan? It can never be run without power, the fan needs to be rotating or it will melt in minutes. NEVER run in manual (no power) mode. Check Reddit to see lots of pictures of melted fans.

I bought this 2 years ago and I use it quite often and it still looks new. It is will used for all sorts of meals.

Very good experience great product and i received next day very impressive and fast shipping

I bought this grill and one of the grill grates arrived damaged. I filed a support case (#964354) and replacing the part has been rejected because they have deemed it "cosmetic" and can still be used. This is a very expensive brand new grill that arrived with a damaged part. If they will not honor their warranty on an inexpensive part like this, will they for a far more expensive and complicated part to replace? Do NOT buy this product as the company will not honor its warranty. --------(updated below) A few days after I had written the above and send it further complaint to their warranty department, they decided to fulfil their warranty and replace the part that arrived damaged. So I upgraded the overall rating from 1 star to 3 stars (If they honored their warranty originally, they would have got 5 stars and a glowing review). On the actual use of the Kamado, it has cooked great and I am very happy with how it cooks. My biggest criticism on using it is the app for my phone for the Konnected features. It sometimes stops updating if I have had my phone closed for a few minutes, so the readout it says may not be correct. However the notifications still arrive as if it has been reading the sensor the whole time. I also wish the app had features you could use when operating the grill manually, such as letting you know when the grill has come up to the desired temp. Or when it has cooled down to 400 deg (which is when the manual says to fully close the top vent).

Fill her up, push the button and go. It's so easy. Than set your desires temperature and it will do the rest. Low & slow or hot & fast, it becomes so easy with the (Big) Connected.

Do yourself a favor and purchase this grill. Excellent choice!

This grill is magical. Ribs, reverse sear Waygu steaks, veggies, whatever. The electronic controls and starter are genius. Start it and relax--the first grill and smoker to actually allow you to entertain and hang out with your guests. It feels like cheating because it's so easy

I love the new Konnected Joe. The digital feature increases consistency with each cook!

I used my Konnected Joe for the first time and below are some good points and bad points I found about this new smoker both PROS and CONS. This is a first impression so any items might change as I use the smoker more. You will see some items have both Pros and Cons. PROS 1) THE SIZE! The Big Joe connected Joe is massive. That is a great point in my opinion I was looking for something larger than my existing smoker and this fits perfectly. I almost got the smaller version and so happy I stepped up to this larger unit. The small mail I cooked on my first session looked tiny on the massive greats. I can't wait for my next cook so I can try something out much larger. 2) START UP. The connected Joe is a breeze to start up the click of a button to get it going worked great I set the temperature for 250 hit the button and in no time I was up Temp this is so much easier than my old smoker it did overshoot the temperature just a little bit, but it came right back down in line to what I needed. 3) TEMPERATURE! The temperature held great on this unit. I had it set for 250 and it creeped up a little bit, but since this was my first cook, I knew I was gonna have to get used to the damper settings the automatic fan did it job I was able to dial in and keep the temperature pretty much like I wanted. 4) KONNECTED features. The main reason I bought this version was the connection applications. I'm new to smoking and thought this would be a great way for me to learn. I believe there's going to be some additional learning to use the connection application part of this smoker, it was great to be able to look at the temperatures remotely while I was doing the other things at the house. CONS 1) PROBES. The main issue I have is the probes don't read well on the app. To begin the session it didn't read at all. Eventually it did begin registering but not on the app only on the grill screen. The main reason for going with the Konnected Joe was for the remote monitoring. I could have purchased a Big Joe and used third party ad-ones. 2) KONNECTED APP. The app needs work. Although it does read an overall temperature, the probe readings don't seem to work. This could cause me to have to purchase third-party temperature probes and for the price of this unit they should be accurate. The app also does not allow you to change the temperature of the smoker itself. I don't understand why it would allow you to select different temperature level levels in the app, but it not change it on the smoker. What good is it to have that functionality but it not actually work. 3) SET UP / CUSTOMER SUPPORT. I had an issue on set up. I tried to contact customer support and it was an automated nightmare. I'm really frustrated with these companies, turning everything over to AI and not training how to enter questions appropriately. I was finally able to reach someone, but it took a couple of hours and numerous attempts to connect with a live support person once I did they helped me correct the issue quickly. The troubleshooting portion of the instructions were terrible. I don't believe one session gives this grill a fair shot. But I do believe it's important to see first impressions when you're getting a product like this. I will continue to test it out and see how I can learn more about its features. I stay excited about being able to use this Big Joe Konnect Joe and up my smoking skills.