Elgato Shifting to Focus 'Exclusively' on Line of Eve HomeKit Devices

[ipedro]

I bought my first ElGato product over a decade ago along with the first generation AppleTV when I cut the cord: the EyeTV. It was a tv tuner made to look like an AppleTV that you plugged into your Mac to watch and record live tv and send the tv shows to your AppleTV. It really allowed me to go all in without cable.

When TV shows appeared on iTunes for AppleTV, it became more convenient to just buy seasons of my favourite shows and download my favourite video podcasts and I stopped using the EyeTV.

I never thought that I’d be buying dozens of more ElGato products as I outfit my home for HomeKit. They’ve found a niche that they’re really good at. I’m on board and will continue buying ElGato products for my smart home.

 

[macduke]

What a bizarre coincidence. I LITERALLY was just talking about iGrill as a potential buy for my patio about an hour ago. I'm on the fence. What are your thoughts on it? I have the Weber, but I am always leery when a company like that tries to do things alien to them (I'm looking at you, Nokia/Withings).

Mine is from the iDevices days but it seems like they've kept up with the app and it works well. I don't use it as much as I used to because I've gotten better at knowing when things are done and feeling it out, but it's useful for longer periods of time or if I'm cooking chicken which if underdone could poison my kids and if overdone dries out quickly. I just used it on some chicken last weekend and it worked fine. I like having the ambient probe to keep things under control for smokes. I've been using a Char-Griller Akorn Kamado since 2013 after graduating up from smaller Weber charcoal grills and it has worked well for the price. It's basically like an off-brand Big Green Egg that doesn't hold the heat quite as consistently which is why the iGrill is nice to keep things balanced and send alerts if it goes outside the range. The key to good charcoal grilling is to use lump charcoal (not briquettes) built hotter on one side so you can adjust things when the readings between two pieces of meat are off on the iGrill and to use wax starter cubes instead of lighter fluid so you don't taint the meat. In the coming years I hope to buy a Big Green Egg and a dedicated smoker. I just can't get above average ribs on the Akorn.

 

[parseckadet]

Hitching your wagon to HomeKit exclusively is not what I would call a sound business decision. There's a reason just about every HomeKit product is plagued by seemingly endless delays at every manufacturer that tries their hand at it.

 

[harriska2]

Mine is from the iDevices days but it seems like they've kept up with the app and it works well. I don't use it as much as I used to because I've gotten better at knowing when things are done and feeling it out, but it's useful for longer periods of time or if I'm cooking chicken which if underdone could poison my kids and if overdone dries out quickly. I just used it on some chicken last weekend and it worked fine. I like having the ambient probe to keep things under control for smokes. I've been using a Char-Griller Akorn Kamado since 2013 after graduating up from smaller Weber charcoal grills and it has worked well for the price. It's basically like an off-brand Big Green Egg that doesn't hold the heat quite as consistently which is why the iGrill is nice to keep things balanced and send alerts if it goes outside the range. The key to good charcoal grilling is to use lump charcoal (not briquettes) built hotter on one side so you can adjust things when the readings between two pieces of meat are off on the iGrill and to use wax starter cubes instead of lighter fluid so you don't taint the meat. In the coming years I hope to buy a Big Green Egg and a dedicated smoker. I just can't get above average ribs on the Akorn.

I bought a MAK pellet grill that cost $2700 (made down the street). It had an optional wifi digital controller that allows you to specify what to do once you meat gets to your set temp (such as the grill gets hotter or goes back to smoke). I’m glad I didn’t go that route. The problem is they require temp probes that cost $80 and they break easily. In addition, I agree that you get to know when things are getting done with experience, especially with my Thermal Pen that measures temp in about 2 seconds to an accuracy of .3 degrees.