CHEF iQ 4+

Best cooker ever!!

If you are a bachelor like me. You need to get this pressure cooker along with a ninja foodi grill XL. You can literally have homemade perfect mash potatoes done in 28 minutes and then use the ninja foodi grill to cook your steak in 10 minutes to perfection. I wish Chef IQ would make an inside grill that could tell you when your meats done via the phone app. Come on! With all the tech out there Chef IQ, we can cook a 5 course meal in minutes! But I had this cooker since 2019 and so far no problems at all. Only issue was trying to update the firmware but that got resolved by calling them. If anyone is reading this, buy the product. It cooks literally everything perfectly!!

Alerts Inconsistent

Recently purchased the Chef IQ Smart Cooker 640. Easy to install and connect. ‘Talks’ to the device just fine. Review loses one star for two reasons. (so far) My first test worked beautifully, however, on the second attempt, (as I eventually figured out) the app could not communicate with ‘the cloud’ Tried various methods to reconnect. Wound up deleting and reinstalling the app. The other is that the alerts are not consistent. Been ‘playing’ with the sous-vide functionality, which starts with a pre-heat before actually adding the food. There is no alert when the preheat is complete, after multiple tests. (IMHO, there should be) That being said, I do get an alert when the cooking is complete. (Both sous vide and pressure cooking) and the best thing is that the alerts that are actually sent, are mirrored on the Apple Watch. On that note, a watch app would be awesome, that, in addition to the alerts, could show the remaining cook time. But that’s probably too much to ask. (Also a ‘Clear All’ option for all alerts). Other than that, great job.

Missing some key features, so close to great

Really loving the thermometer, but it’s missing some features that competitors have that would make it 5 stars.

1) Doesn’t seem to have the ability to see/hear temp without app. Would be nice to be able to push the button on the base and hear a readout. Another option would be the ability to set readout points for a cook. For instance with long cooks many people like to wrap the meat at around 165. If I set my target temp to 165, then I have to start a whole new cook to 205 after wrapping. Why not let me put a target of 205 and an alert at 165?
2) Lack of ambient alerts are a huge miss. Grills/smokes can malfunction, having ambient alerts if the temp drops below a food safe level or goes above a safe level (usually meaning grease fire) is a huge safety thing that other apps have.
3) Widget and/or Apple Watch app would be great. I would love to not have to fully open the app to see the current temps.

The hardware so far seems great. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this other stuff could be done in software and firmware update. There is a ton of promise to this and it if improves, I’ll be buying more probes and recommending this system to friends.

Developer Response ,

Hi Mrcarlon,

Thank you for the feedback. We did recently put out an app update that allows for ambient alerts. Please make sure that you have the latest version of the application to enable this feature. If have any questions or need any additional assistance pleas do not hesitate to reach out to support at support@chefiq.com