Char-Broil SmartChef User Manual

Congratulations and welcome to ownership of your Simple
Smoker™ with SmartChef™. You now own the easiest to use
and most intelligent smoker on the market. With the Simple
Smoker’s intuitive design and the SmartChef monitoring and
control capabilities, you’ll be a BBQ hero in no time, no matter
what your skill level.

We suggest you take a few moments to read the Product
Guide to gain a basic understanding of the Char-Boil
SmartChef app and the components of the smoker to ensure
that you are familiar with both its construction and operation
before using.

Don’t forget to register your product at
support.charbroil.com/product-registgration to activate the
warranty. Y

ou can also mail the warranty card found on the

last page of your Product Manual, if you prefer.

HAPPY COOKING!

The Basics..........................................................................................................................1-2

Technical overview .....................................................................................................3-6

Char-Broil App.....................................................................................................................7

How to use your smoker .......................................................................................7-13

Cooking modes.............................................................................................9-10

Using the smoking basket...................................................................11-12

Using the smoker box............................................................................12-13

General Info.....................................................................................................................14

Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................15-17

Table of Contents:

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Basics on using your Simple Smoker...

Once your smoker is configured, using it is a snap.

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Place the meat probe in the
center of your prepared meat.

Put the meat in the smoker,
add wood chips and connect
to the app.

With SmartChef, you know
exactly what’s happening in
your smoker, anytime from
anywhere, with updates on
your phone.

Focus on the party, the big
game or just relax worry-free ­SmartChef notifies you when
your meal is perfectly done
and ready to eat.

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How It Works

Because your smoker is Wi-Fi enabled, you can send and receive
information to or from it anywhere you have an internet connection.
Basically this is how it works:

1. Your smart device sends information through the cloud to your
smoker.

2. Your smoker sends info back through the cloud to your smart
device so you can see your cooking status/progress from
anywhere.

Char-Broil’s SmartChef products use the DADO™ platform to
connect your grill/smoker to the internet. The DADO™ button is
used to establish a connection to your home Wi-Fi.

And because your smoker is connected to the internet, it can
incorporate important real time information (such as outside temp
in your area) into your estimated cook time for more accurate
information.

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Smoker overview

Get familiar with the parts of your smoker.

Basket

Hook

Smoking

Basket

Half

Racks

Smoker

Box

Control

Panel

Meat

Probe

Grease

Tray

Power

Cord

Secondary

Basket

TECHNICAL OVERVIEW

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Control Panel

The Simple Smoker has a unique control panel designed
specifically to work with the Char-Broil app.

• Start/Stop button - initiates cook, once loaded from app

• Light ring - gives smoker status info to the user at a glance
(See light ring quick guide)

• Meat probe port - plug integrated probe into this port

• Presets - cycle through 3 pre-loaded, locally stored cook profiles
(see preset mode)

• DADO button - reset Wi-Fi broadcast/reset Wi-Fi credentials

Start/Stop

Light Ring

Meat Probe

DADO

Button

Presets

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