By Christie Vanover | Revealed Could 17, 2023 | Final Up to date Could 17, 2023
With the Konnected Joe, Kamado Joe has modified the charcoal grilling sport by incorporating digital know-how right into a ceramic grill, making it even simpler to handle warmth whereas sustaining traditional yard barbecue taste.
What’s a Kamado Joe Konnected Joe
The Kamado Joe is a ceramic charcoal grill and smoker. This model of grill was invented in Asia and has been round for 1000’s of years.
Kamado Joe began manufacturing its personal model of the Kamado-style grill in 2009. Over the previous decade, the corporate has launched a number of totally different sizes of its charcoal grill, together with quite a lot of equipment that add versatility.
However that is the primary time that Kamado Joe has added everlasting know-how to alter the best way the grill capabilities.
With the brand new Konnected Joe the tried-and-true effectiveness of ceramic cooking has developed to incorporate the digital conveniences modern-day barbecuers count on and revel in.
What makes this totally different is that it’s totally automated. Similar to a pellet grill the place you’ll be able to set the temperature and monitor it out of your telephone, Kamado Joe has now made that performance doable with a charcoal grill.
How the Konnected Joe works
As with all Kamado Joe grills, the physique is fabricated from ceramic. This retains warmth higher than some other materials available on the market.
Due to the grill’s automated options, you don’t should be knowledgeable pitmaster to function this charcoal grill.
To make use of the automated mode, add your coals into the clear grill. Flip the facility on, shut the underside vent and push the AFS or automated hearth starter button.
Then, set your required temperature by pushing the thermometer button, spinning the dial and pushing the thermometer button once more.
The heating component on the underside of the firebox will mild your coals in about quarter-hour. Then, the grill will regulate itself to peak at your required temperature. I discovered it takes about half-hour whole to succeed in 250F levels.
All through the cook dinner, the grill will proceed to make inside changes with the Kontrol Fan to maintain your warmth regular, so that you by no means have to fret about opening and shutting vents.
However don’t fear, you continue to have the total freedom to cook dinner on the Konnected Joe with out energy. Simply add your coals. Mild them with hearth starters and management your warmth with the vents on the highest and backside identical to you’ll with some other Kamado Joe.
Digital Kontrol Board
The Konnected Joe’s digital Kontrol Board has a big digital display screen, 4 major buttons, an influence button and a dial.
The highest button lets you cycle by means of the totally different screens. Personally, I haven’t discovered I must push this button fairly often.
The second button is crucial. That is the temperature button. When you press it, the temperature will blink on the show and you may flip the dial to regulate it up and down from 250 to 700 F levels in five-degree increments.
To be able to lock the temperature in, you might want to press the thermometer button once more.
Whereas utilizing the digital temperature management, you could maintain the underside vent totally closed for the Kontrol fan to work correctly. A immediate on the monitor will remind you. The show can even advise you the way broad to open the highest vent.
The third button is a timer. It’s cool as a result of it lets you set a timer and rely down, or you’ll be able to set the timer to rely up.
I just like the rely up function, as a result of I can throw a brisket on and see how a lot time it truly took to complete, so I could make notes and changes for my subsequent cook dinner. When the timer goes off, the tone is enjoyable and never tremendous annoying.
To set the countdown timer, press the button. The 2 zeros on the left ought to blink. Spin the dial to set the hours. Push the button once more and the 2 zeros on the best will blink. Spin the dial to set the minutes.
To set the rely up timer, press and maintain the timer button. It is going to rely in minutes and seconds first after which will transition to hours and minutes. To reset the timer, simply maintain the button down till you see all zeroes.
The fourth button is the wi-fi button. You’ll wish to press this whenever you’re prepared to attach your grill to the free Kamado Joe App. The app connects to the grill through your house wi-fi and Bluetooth and lets you management and monitor your grill’s temperature.
With the app, you’ll be able to modify the grill temperature, monitor inside meat temperatures, monitor the total cook dinner and set the timer. The app even features a assortment of recipes.
I discovered the app’s vary to be fairly first rate, however in case you journey too removed from the grill, you’ll lose connectivity.
Subsequent to the Kontrol Board, there are three ports for temperature probes. The grill comes with one meat probe, however you should buy extra.
Merely insert the probe into the port, then run it up and beneath the grill lid and insert it into the meat. You’ll have the ability to see when your meat is prepared with out opening the grill.
Proper beneath the probe ports is the AFS button to auto mild the grill. When it’s illuminated crimson, the inside burner is on.
PRO TIP: The Konnected Joe requires 5 amps of electrical energy. That is related and truly decrease than many pellet grills, nevertheless it’s nonetheless necessary that the outlet and circuit you plug it into can handle that a lot energy. I plugged it into the identical circuit as my storage fridge and blew a 15-amp GFCI outlet, as a result of I overloaded it. Security first 🙂
The Kontrol Board has three different options. The display screen saver mode cycles the show by means of the temperatures and timers. The accent mode lets you point out which accent it’s possible you’ll be utilizing. The total griddle mode is for whenever you’re protecting the complete grill grate with the total griddle.
When utilizing the total griddle, it’s nonetheless necessary to shut the lid to manage temperatures in case you’re cooking with digital help.
The surface of the Konnected Joe is painted the traditional Kamado Joe crimson. It additionally has two foldable aluminum facet cabinets, which to me is a should with any grill.
Beneath the tables, that are simply detachable, there are two elevate handles. These assist for putting the grill on the included cart or for whenever you wish to take your Joe on the street.
The cart has nice heavy-duty wheels, together with two that lock. There’s additionally a shelf on the underside to carry your whole equipment. There are a number of Kamado Joe accessories you should buy at BBQguys.com.
The Konnected Joe has 250 sq. inches of cooking house and a two-tier divide-and-conquer chrome steel cooking system. This method lets you cook dinner numerous meals at totally different ranges.
With the addition of the warmth deflectors, you can even cook dinner utilizing direct and oblique warmth throughout the total grill or half of the grill. The ceramic warmth deflectors block off warmth from the firebox, so the meals above them on the grate doesn’t burn.
Professional Tip: The ceramic warmth deflectors keep a variety of warmth. Enable them to chill utterly earlier than dealing with them or use the included grill gripper and warmth gloves.
Easy methods to assemble the Konnected Joe
Konnected Joe meeting is easy-ish. It took me about half-hour to get all the elements and items out of the field. On high of that, it ought to have solely taken me half-hour to assemble the cart. However I bought hung up on the legs as a result of I used to be constructing it with a draft model of the guide.
The important thing factor with the legs is that they connect to the ring within the center. I used to be attempting to screw them into the ring from the tip, they usually simply wouldn’t keep in place. There’s a metallic slot that slides into the ring’s metallic slot after which screws collectively and tightens with an included Allen wrench.
When you connect the three legs, you add the underside shelf with 4 extra screws.
The guide I used to be utilizing stated to flip the cart over and add the wheels, however I discovered it simpler to go away the stand the wrong way up. Screw the wheels on with the included wrench and place the locking wheels on the facet of the cart that claims Kamado Joe.
I’m fairly choosy about grill wheels and these go the take a look at. They’re laborious, rubberized wheels on casters that may stand as much as any yard.
As soon as the cart is totally assembled, flip it over, seize a pal and elevate the grill onto the cart. It secures with 4 screws.
There are 4 facet shelf brackets (two for both sides). To put in these, unscrew the nuts which are already on the grill. Slide the bracket over the screws and re-tighten the nuts.
The aluminum cabinets slide proper into these brackets. Ensure you set up them so the hooks are dealing with ahead. This manner you’ll be able to cling your grill instruments on them.
Final, add the vent to the highest and the ash drawer to the underside. Plug within the energy twine and different wires on the again and also you’re prepared to show the grill on and get cooking.
PRO TIP: The Konnected Joe has two energy buttons. There’s a major button on the again and a secondary button on the entrance on the Kontrol board.
Easy methods to cook dinner on the Konnected Joe
To cook dinner on the Kamado Joe Konnected Joe both mild lump charcoal or charcoal briquets utilizing the automated hearth starter or manually with an extended lighter and hearth starters. Don’t use lighter fluid! It is going to wreck the inside of your grill as a result of it is going to soak into the ceramic.
Set the temperature primarily based on the grilling recipe that you just’re following. You are able to do this manually identical to some other ceramic smoker by adjusting the highest and backside vents and monitoring the in-dome analog temperature probe.
Or, you’ll be able to shut the underside vent and set the temperature utilizing the digital Kontrol board or the Kamdo Joe app.
PRO TIP: The temperature learn outs on the analog and digital thermometers is not going to match precisely as a result of they measure two totally different areas of the grill. They might fluctuate by 20 levels or so. This shouldn’t impression your grilling and smoking in any respect. Simply shoot for the perfect vary per the recipe.
When cooking bigger cuts of meat, the inbuilt meat probes are nice to make use of. Merely insert the connection into the underside port after which insert the probe into the meat. You may set the specified temperature utilizing the Kontrol Board or app.
When you’re undecided what temp it is best to cook dinner the meat to, the app is tremendous useful. It lets you choose the protein and your required doneness.
Cleansing
One of many greatest complaints I hear about charcoal grills is how soiled the clear up is. Nicely, it’s not with the Konnected Joe.
When you’re achieved cooking, shut the underside vent and switch off the facility (in case you had been utilizing it). As soon as the temperature drops beneath 400 F levels, shut the highest vent.
Then, as soon as the ashes are utterly extinguished and funky, open the lid, take away the grates and use the included ash software to scrape small ashes down into the holes. Be mild so that you don’t beat up the heating component.
You may depart the massive chunks within the grill and burn them once more.
All the ashes will gather within the backside of the grill within the ash drawer. Merely open the underside vent, pull out the drawer and toss the ashes. Truthfully, that is simpler than vacuuming a pellet grill.
Each few cooks, it’s good to look into the underside vent to verify there isn’t any construct up that spilled over the drawer. If there’s, simply attain in with the ash software and scrape it out.
I believe by now you’ll be able to inform from my Konnected Joe assessment that I’m actually impressed with this grill. I’m pleased with the development. The warmth regulation makes cooking on it tremendous straightforward, and it’s charcoal, which is the barbecue taste I favor.
Specs
- Top: 48 inches
- Width: 47 inches with the cabinets prolonged
- Depth: 30 inches
- Weight: 216 kilos
- Cooking Floor Diameter: 18 inches
- Gasoline Supply: Charcoal
- Temperature Vary: 225-700F levels
- Worth: $1,699
- Guarantee: Varies primarily based on element
- Made in China
Regularly Requested Questions
The Kamado Joe Konnected Joe is priced just below $1,700, which is a big funding for a grill. When you prefer to grill or smoke usually and you might be on the lookout for a smoker that may final a number of years, is straightforward to function and gives the genuine taste of charcoal, the Konnected Joe is a superb selection.
No the Kamado Joe solely is available in a vivid sweet crimson coloration.
I extremely suggest protecting your whole grills once they’re not in use. The Kamado Joe grill cover will stop mud from gathering on the joints and can maintain the outside clear and glossy. The vinyl materials additionally helps defend the grill from rain.
