CHEF iQ Reviews

1st: Creating a duplicate cook setting with the same name doesn’t delete the original, or even warn that there’s another with an identical name. It’s frustrating. Also, when creating a cook setting, occasionally all of the settings will vanish when you click save, causing it to save as a 0 minute cook with all the wrong settings.

2nd: This is crucial: there’s no timer that displays how long your food has been releasing pressure, for those recipes involving natural release. Should I be busy while food is cooking, I should be able to set x amount of time as Natural release (5 minutes for example) and switch to quick release after automatically.

3rd: The notifications don’t work. I have all of my iPhone settings correctly set to receive notifications from Chef IQ, but I never get any when food is done cooking.

There needs to be one or the other, preferably both! I’m keeping the pressure cooker and working around these flaws, but it’s very frustrating.

Ok! I was so happy my dad just brought me a brand new iPhone 12 for Christmas,but when I transferred all my data to my new iPhone 12 when I downloaded my ichef app for that unit but I tried numerous of times for it connecting to my unit but didn’t come with nothing at all it was so frustrating I tried different things like connecting Bluetooth and WiFi but still it didn’t came of the success everything I tried had failed because my new iPhone didn’t picking the unit up I wouldn’t not recommend to anyone if I continue having issues with this experience with this unit please fix it explaining to me what I do wrong for it not connecting to this unit thank you!

I purchased to replace my instant pot but discovered It is basically useless because it doesn’t adjust the cooking times for high altitude. My instant pot did. Everything is under cooked. It also doesn’t calculate the correct liquid amount for anything less than typically 1cup. So if you are trying to make just one serving, less than 1cup, and using the scale to weigh, it tells you to add the same amount of liquid that you would for a full cup.

Response to developer: I had already contacted your company before I wrote this review. They confirmed that both those things are true and didn’t know if your company was going to fix them or not.

We are loving cooking with our new this app and CHEFiQ allows you to follow the cooking directions very easily. I would highly suggest enabling Landscape mode for iPad especially with the apple magic keyboard it makes it a pain to remove from the case and attempt to stand vertically. I also am hoping they add many more recipes but that said the ones that currently exist are fantastic.

This used to work well. Then you made a firmware update and an update to version 2.12.1
When I search for a recipe all that I see is six blank squares that attempt to load images.
The whole idea of purchasing my this app over another brand of pressure cooker was the assistance to prepare the meals. My unit worked well when I bought it … then you started making “software improvements”.
Don’t you test your software before general availability?
Okay - what you did well: you did a great job of screwing up a really nice appliance that I enjoyed using. Thanks a lot!

So far so good. Please allow Landscape mode for iPad, it would be very helpful to a lot of your customers. Also please consider adding a larger range of individual food recipes with cooking guidance that’s not included in meals. CHEFiQ has a lot of potential.

Claims to be "smart" but I see no use of AI. The recipes are all super specific and there's not that many of them. Can't connect to wifi no matter how many times I try. Made of very cheap plastic it seems. Realized afterwards that this is a potentially hazardous IoT device. IoT devices are easily hacked, so someone could hypotherically turn it into a bomb. I emailed customer support asking for reassurance on their security and got no response. Don't bother buying this piece of junk. Oh yeah and CHEFiQ resets every time I exit for even 30 seconds

I love how CHEFiQ makes cooking with this pressure cooker so easy, even guiding the cooker itself for proper temps and times!

I just wish that the calorie count for the recipes was included, for those of us trying to watch that. 😕

I purchased this off Kickstarter and was browsing the recipes. I’m shocked at how many of their own categories have zero results. Hopefully the developers will fill CHEFiQ with recipes before launch.

I like the mutual cooker, but the latest update (summer 2022) is horrible. The black background + inconsistent menu scrolling speed + some weird tune played before the steam release makes this product look and feel much cheaper than before. Please roll back these changes.

I tried numerous times to connect my smart cooker with my home WiFi. The only error I receive is error:NO_AP_FOUND. Not sure if anyone else run in this issue. I have tried all the different iterations including forgetting my home 5 G network and connecting my cellphone with 2.4 g network.

My iPhone is iPhone 8. Latest iOS installed.

App is not usable when using larger font size.

Really awesome product and CHEFiQ is equally good. Guided cooking has helped a person like me to cook delicious meal. And I have never cooked before.

Navigational menus are broken with new iPhone 14 Pro. The buttons for the navigation are unresponsive to touch commands. I can go forward through recipes, but can’t back out. Have to close CHEFiQ , reopen and start over.

I can’t even register my device or verify my email because CHEFiQ is having trouble even sending the account verification email. It’s frustrating.

It’s just a over glorified paperweight at this point since the firmware won’t update at all. No matter what phone we tried so we can’t even use it. It’s worthless.

Love CHEFiQ and smart cooker, works well and makes delicious garlic chicken

I just bought a new pot, but the firm update does not finish/it sends an error. Are there any issues associated with the latest version released 1 day ago?

It connected during set up. Disconnected and never connected again. 👎🏽

This thing is such a piece of trash! CHEFiQ NEVER WORKS. Constantly disconnects and loses the device and the freaking dial just spins so you can’t even use it manually. STAY AWAY I HATE THIS THING!!

This thing is sooooooo helpful when it comes to cooking meals. Never in a million years did I think I’d follow instructions that connect via wifi. It makes cooking so easy and lots of fun. I’ve made 3 dishes so far from their explore page and I love it. I follow each step by step instructions. I’m beyond mindblown how easy it is to make literally- ANYTHING. I made Sheppards Pie as a last minute meal last night and never in a million years did I think I would make something like this. BUY THIS NOW. Not only will it save you headache but also time.

The probe and hub work perfectly fine. No issues so far. I would just like CHEFiQ to have a temp/time scale. For long smokes on my Big Green Egg, I need to see how long the temp has stalled so I can wrap the meat in foil. Yea I could just keep up with the time and temp myself, but the time waiting for a 10-12 cook, there’s other things I need to do. Can’t just sit by my grill looking at CHEFiQ and my watch. It would be an awesome feature to go along with the probe and hub.

I love the this app so much. Thai thing has helped me learn new recipes in such a minimalist kind of style! There are so many recipes and such a variety with a grocery list, step by step instructions, AND VIDEOS!

It feels intimidating at first but the recipes are soooo user friendly and they even tell you what level of difficulty they are and the amount of time that they take!

I want this thing for the rest of my life haha. Oh yea, they update CHEFiQ and the recipes as they connect with the Chef IQ aswell!

So once upon a time, the software allowed you to easily find and choose to cook/pressure cook an avocado or corn on the cob without creating a meal. It was simple; choose vegetable and which item you wished to do. With the past few updates, the software has now gone downhill, and I’m unable to find how to do this simple task. Now I do have a favorites for corn but it lacks tell me how much water I need to add. I am so ready to get an Instapot and throw this CHEF iQ away.

I mainly bought this probe for briskets since my other wired ones kept dying - hopefully the sealed probe will make the difference in longevity.
I’ve used CHEFiQ on briskets and steaks and they’ve turned out exactly how I wanted. Freed me up to do other things while cooking and alerted me when action was needed.

What an amazing addition to the grilling arsenal!
Ease of use, feature packed, accuracy, and tracking progress while at the store for last minute shopping!!!
Kudos AND bravo to the Chef iQ team!

It forces you to make an account just to use the temperature probe. In order to make the account it forces an email verification. Of course it “cannot do that at this time”… Alright fine! I’ll just try to skip that and “add device” temperature probe so at least I can use that? Nope! Must send that email verification first…. I’m sure they will have no issue sending unwanted ads to my email and selling it off to others…

Cook control helps me figure out the right time and temperature in seconds! Love using the thermometer.

I love the this app but the ambient temperature doesn’t seem to be converting from C to F. By that I mean it’s showing a Celsius value in Fahrenheit when I have my I app set to Fahrenheit. The probe temperature is correct but ambient isn’t.

I thought this was an issue with my Traeger (it’s cold here and I figured this app was more accurate or there were cold spots in the cooking area). Anyway, I tried it in my oven today. The oven is set to 450F and the this app is reading an ambient of 240F. Now - few degrees or even ten is fine. 200+ F degrees is not. That said it dawned on me that 240C is about 460F.

I hope it’s a bug otherwise the ambient temperature lags massively from the air temperature. 🤔

Easy setup, complete iPhone App, understandable directions for cooking, great results!!

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 CHEFiQ 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.

Home Screen / Lock Screen widget integration would be a game changer!!!

The updates recently have made this thermometer great but CHEFiQ seems to be the issue. Why would there not be a archive of cooking history? Especially for smoking food. Having historic data of the cook times and changes during a previous cook helps determine where the cook went right or wrong.

Recentl purchased but so far excellent product. Some minor issues that were quickly resolved with firmware updates. Very responsive customer service. CHEFiQ is great!

I love CHEFiQ and the cooker but the cooker doesn’t always connect and I have to factory reset it. It is especially frustrating when I can’t get it to reconnect and when it disconnects in the middle of a recipe.

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) CHEFiQ could not communicate with ‘the cloud’ Tried various methods to reconnect. Wound up deleting and reinstalling CHEFiQ . 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.

Great tool, love the thermometer.
But it needs to have a Watch App so I can check the status of my food by glancing at my wrist instead of pulling out the phone.

Great app! I would love to see the addition of a Live Activities feature while cooking so the status is visible on Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island. 🌡️

Would give 5 stars if this had an always on function

Giving three stars (for now) instead of one because I’ve heard so many good things from family about the Smart Thermometer and because it was very easy to setup. The issue is that the instructions state that one minute of charging will give it hours of use. I charged it for 20 minutes and it disconnects from my phone as soon as I close the oven door. I tried opening the door and making sure it wasn’t covered by foil, and that did not resolve it. The hub is literally plugged in next to the stove. The troubleshooting is largely useless. If it can’t send a signal through the oven door, what good is it? Hoping to hear back from customer service, so if they can help make it work easily, I’ll add a start or two. If not, it’s getting one star and will be returned (which is sad because it was a bday gift).

I down load we d and created an account through CHEFiQ just not getting the verification to me email, I have checked to make sure the email was enter correctly it was. Went to the website to log in with the same log information I created and got a verify message sent to my that was. Went back to CHEFiQ log out delete CHEFiQ and reinstall it log in again and still getting to verify message, click to send the link to email and still got nothing.

I will update my review when this part of CHEFiQ is fixed. Until then I can not use the products I bought from Chef iQ.

I like the meat thermometer but I would like to see a change, I would like to adjust the temperature I’m cooking at. I use my Treager a lot so I’m cooking at a lower temperature than what is in the options. But at least it still tells me when the cook reaches the correct temperature.

Fully charged battery on the hub just died 13 hours into a brisket cook while both probes still had plenty of power left… Not happy at all. Also.. setting a target temp kills the cook once it reaches that target temp and I have to start a new cook and it makes new graph to keep the cook going. This is unacceptable. I want alarms for certain temp thresholds, not for it to finish my cook with no option for me to restart it. This is bad bad bad.. Not happy. Poor execution from this company

I’ve tried a couple different brands in this has the best connectivity. The Hub connects to Wi-Fi then the probe Bluetooths in to the hub. Then you can see your cook from anywhere remotely. I have a commercial Kitchen, so I have four or five guys signed in to the same account and we have four or five pairs of approves registered to that account.

I received this a a gift from my best friend for Christmas because she has one. It has put the fun back into cooking for me. I really like that it is easy to use and not scary. Pressure cookers seemed scary before his one. I enjoyed sharing the joy of cooking with this cooker with my 11 year old daughter. We have been inspired to create meals together. Fun Fun Fun

I’ve cooked chicken thighs, pork Ribeyes and a corn beef brisket on my smoker. Oh and a filet mignon. Only problem I have with the probes is that when I wrapped the brisket it lost connection to the probes. But the meat was perfect! I used them in my air fryer for the chicken thighs and they were so juicy and perfect! The ribeye pork was also unbelievable and juicier than me trying to guess. The filet was perfect medium rare for my husband I like mine rare! I am considering buying two more!

My wife and I are not good chefs. I know how to cook steaks, burgers, and hotdogs. This pressure cooker makes it so easy to find a recipe and guide you through cooking steps. It even lets you create a shopping list which can be offloaded to Instacart. They have thought of everything. You follow step-by-step instructions from your phone and the phone controls your pressure cooker. I have cooked recipes that I never even thought of trying and enjoy home-cooked meals nightly. what an amazing invention!!!

Steve Buchalter

This device had been hugely beneficial for my family. I finally feel like I can cook! I use this thing twice a day and I can’t recommend it enough. I’ve even got my kids interested in cooking. I really used to despise making dinner or would get anxious about it turning out terrible - now I look forward to it.

Love the thermometer probe. Our burgers, steaks and pork tenderloins all cook without worrying about timing the cook. That part I really like. I also like the Apple watch integration. Not having to be near my food constantly as it cooks is great. It lets me know when things need to be done (flip, for instance) and when the food needs to come off the heat.

Now, CHEFiQ . For some reason, it wont quit notifying me that my cook is done. Days later, I am getting notifications. I dismiss CHEFiQ . Still get notifications. I would think that after I tell CHEFiQ my cook is finished, and turn OFF the hub, it would stop. But it just keep pestering me.

The other issue: I want to bulk delete the notifications. No option for that. For an app that is notifcation-happy, I should be able to easily get rid of the large number I have in my system.