# Smart Grilling: How Tech Helps Cook a Better Brisket

- Show: [Over the Air](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air)
- Published: 2021-10-12
- Length: 31m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-12-smart-grilling-how-tech-helps-cook-a-better-brisket
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/over-the-air/episodes/Smart-Grilling-How-Tech-Helps-Cook-a-Better-Brisket-e2l43qv

## Summary

Jason Baker, Business Development at Green Mountain Grills, explains how the company infused IoT technology into pellet grills to help users cook brisket more consistently. He details the technical evolution from early RF controllers to Wi-Fi-enabled grills with ambient air sensors, PID algorithms, and app-based meat probe calibration. Baker also discusses the challenges of developing tech for a passionate, skeptical audience and the critical lesson of protecting intellectual property against knockoffs.

## Chapters

- [0:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-12-smart-grilling-how-tech-helps-cook-a-better-brisket#t=54) Introduction: Jason Baker and Green Mountain Grills
- [1:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-12-smart-grilling-how-tech-helps-cook-a-better-brisket#t=111) The Evolution from RF to Wi-Fi Connected Grills
- [5:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-12-smart-grilling-how-tech-helps-cook-a-better-brisket#t=312) Solving the 'Stall' and Temperature Control with Tech
- [9:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-12-smart-grilling-how-tech-helps-cook-a-better-brisket#t=562) Key Tech Features: Ambient Sensors, PID, and App Profiles
- [14:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-12-smart-grilling-how-tech-helps-cook-a-better-brisket#t=864) Developing Tech with a Non-Technical Background
- [21:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-12-smart-grilling-how-tech-helps-cook-a-better-brisket#t=1306) Lessons Learned: IP Protection and Future Innovation

## Topics

- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Intellectual property](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/intellectual-property)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Green Mountain Grills (company)
- iGrill (product)
- Weber (company)
- Flame Boss (product)
- Fireboard (product)
- Woolpad (company)

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