BBQ Captain: Smoker Timer
Brisket & pulled pork planner
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
BBQ Captain is the smart way to smoke meat on a home smoker, pellet, electric, or offset. It plans your cook backward from the moment you want to serve, then acts as an adaptive pitmaster's assistant while you cook: re-projecting the finish time from your real temperature readings, catching the stall, and telling you exactly when to wrap, pull, and rest.
Because a great smoke is governed by internal meat temperature, not the clock.
PLAN BACKWARD FROM DINNERTIME
Tell BBQ Captain your cut, weight, and when you want to eat. It calculates exactly when to put the meat on — accounting for cook time, the stall, rest, and a safety buffer — plus a prep checklist for the night before and morning of.
ADAPTS TO YOUR REAL COOK
Log a temperature and BBQ Captain re-projects the finish from the actual rate of climb. It tells you whether you're on track, ahead, or running late for your serve time, so you can adjust before it becomes a problem.
CATCHES THE STALL
When the meat plateaus in the stall zone, BBQ Captain detects it and prompts you to wrap — so you push through and stay on schedule.
NEVER MISS A STEP
Optional local reminders for when to put it on, spritzing, approaching wrap and target temps, "pull it now," and a rest timer at the end.
KEEP A COOK LOG
Every finished cook is saved with its full temperature curve. Add your own notes and a photo to each one with Pro.
PRIVACY-FIRST
No account, no tracking, no ads. All your cook data stays on your device.
FREE
- Pork Butt and Ribs
- The full adaptive timeline and stall detection
- Your most recent cook in history
BBQ CAPTAIN PRO (one-time purchase, yours forever)
- All cuts, including Brisket and Whole Chicken
- Unlimited cook history
- Notes on every cook
- Photo attachments
Fire one up. BBQ Captain keeps you on schedule and on target.
Ratings & Reviews
Bug fix: starting a cook by mistake is painless now. End one in its first half hour and BBQ Captain offers to discard it instead of filing it in your log — and no more phantom "Rest complete" alert a few minutes later.
Settings now warns you if notifications are switched off, since that's how BBQ Captain tells you when to put it on, when to spritz, and when to pull.
The developer, Brett Stalcup, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Brett Stalcup
- Size
- 8.9 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- MeatGenius Pro $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Brett Stalcup