Fireboard Thermometers are cloud-connected digital thermometers that are loaded with great features to make cooking easy. In 2020, Fireboard released their second edition units, the Fireboard 2 and Fireboard 2 Drive.
The Fireboard is a base unit that connects to six wired temperature probes and, through a separate Drive cable, a fan for temperature control. Its interface is primarily a phone app, which connects to the base unit through a direct Bluetooth connection or via Wi-Fi to Fireboard’s cloud service. With WiFI and Bluetooth capabilities, the temperature monitoring system from FireBoard is integrated with these smokers, allowing consumers to monitor their food and smoker temperatures via smartphone, tablet, or computer through the FireBoard App. The Yoder Pellet Smokers have two ports for the temperature probes, either food or ambient probes.
New for 2021, Fireboard Labs has released a third model in the line: the Fireboard 2 PRO. Most of the features are the same on the three models but there are a few key differences that you need to know when deciding which model is best for you.
In this article we’ll detail the main features and key differences between the three models: The Fireboard 2, Fireboard 2 Drive and Fireboard 2 PRO.
What Is The Fireboard 2 Thermometer Line?
The Fireboard 2 Thermometer is a cloud-connected digital thermometer. It features a large, LCD Screen that can show data for up to six probes at one time. This thermometer comes in a weather resistant case. You can connect this product via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth if you’re wanting to use the Fireboard App on Android, iOS or the Web.
Every Fireboard 2 Thermometer comes with an auxiliary port that allows you to connect additional hardware linking a fan to the thermometer giving you temperature control of your smoker. This auxiliary port will be one of the differences we touch on further down in this article.
With the Fireboard 2 you can setup custom cook programs and alerts that will come to you via push notification, SMS or email. The accuracy of these units probe readings is rated to within 7/10th’s of a degree Fahrenheit. The units will run for 24 hours on a full charge. The battery is a Li-Ion rechargeable battery.
The Fireboard 2 Thermometers will store your cooking history data on the physical unit to review or Fireboard Cloud account. You are able to download your data to share, single cook or all of your cooks. You can pair the units with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant to check temperatures too.
What Are The Three Fireboard 2 Models?
Fireboard 2
The Fireboard 2 is the base model in the Fireboard Thermometer line. This unit has the same features and capabilities as the Fireboard 2 Drive model except for the ability to directly plug a fan into the unit. You can get up to six channels/probes. This unit uses Thermistor type probes. The base model is best for someone wanting a quality multi-channel digital thermometer but is undecided/has no use for the direct fan capability.
Fireboard 2 Drive
The Fireboard 2 Drive builds upon the Fireboard 2 by including direct plug access for a smoker fan on the side of the unit. You can get up to six channels/probes. This unit uses Thermistor type probes. This model is best for someone that plans to use a fan to control airflow in their smoker.
Fireboard 2 Pro
The Fireboard 2 Pro is the top-of-the-line digital thermometer. This unit uses professional Type K Thermocouples to read and measure temperatures versus Thermistor probes on the other two models. This model is best for someone that wants the fastest, most accurate readings and to use in high heat settings like pizza ovens.
So What Are The Differences Between Models?
Fan Control
All Fireboard 2 units are able to be used with a fan but how you connect the fan is different. The base model, Fireboard 2, does not have a direct fan port access like the Fireboard 2 Drive and Fireboard 2 Pro does.
To use a fan with the base model, the Fireboard 2, you will need to purchase an item known as the Drive Fan Control Cable. It will plug into the lone auxiliary port on the right hand side. This cable costs $79 – $89 (speaker version). Doing this will cost you an extra $20 – $30 in the long run versus buying the Fireboard 2 Drive or Fireboard 2 Pro from the get-go.
Type Of Probes & Total Probe Ports
The Fireboard 2 and Fireboard 2 Drive use Thermistor-type probes. The Fireboard 2 Pro uses Type K Thermocouples. So what’s the difference?
Thermistor probes are rated up to 572°F. The Thermocouple probes are rated up 1400°F. This means you can use them in pizza ovens and extremely high heat cooking without risking damage to the probe.
Thermocouple probes will return readings faster and are said to be more accurate than thermistor probes.
However, if having more than three probe ports is important to you the Fireboard 2 Pro cannot accommodate more than three ports.
Which Model Fireboard Should I Get?
Deciding which Fireboard 2 model to pick really comes down to deciding on the two key differences between models. The features and experience with the LCD Screen and the Fireboard App will be consistent across the board on all units which make narrowing down your choice easy.
If you have further questions about these units, please feel free to reach out to us here. You can browse all Fireboard Labs products in our online store here.
You can use the FireBoard REST API to access information from the FireBoard Cloud, including devices, sessions, and temperature channels. Requests are in JSON format and require a token authentication method.
The current FireBoard REST API version is v1.
Requirements
To use the FireBoard REST API, you must have a FireBoard account.
Authentication
The FireBoard REST API uses a simple token-based HTTP Authentication scheme. The unique account token can be retrieved through the login endpoint.
Sample response:
Retrieve Authentication Token
POST https://fireboard.io/api/rest-auth/login/
JSON Request Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| username | Your fireboard.io username or email address required |
| password | Your fireboard.io account password required |
Using the Authentication Token
The FireBoard API expects the authentication token to be included in the Authorization HTTP header for all request. The key should be prefixed by the string literal “Token”, with whitespace separating the two strings. For example:
Authorization: Token 9944bb9966cc22cc9418ad846dd0e4bbdfc6ee4b
Device API
The device API allows you to retrieve information about any FireBoard in the authenticated account.
Device properties
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | integer | Unique identifier resource. |
| UUID | string | Alternative unique identifier resource. |
| title | string | The name of the FireBoard. |
| created | date-time | The date the FireBoard was added to the account. |
| hardware_id | string | The serial number of the FireBoard. |
| latest_temps | array | An array of the latest temperature readings from this FireBoard. Temperature readings older than 60 seconds are not included. |
| device_log | object | Most recent log information from the FireBoard. |
| channels | array | An array representing each channel/port on the FireBoard. Channels include labels, alert values, and notification settings. |
| last_templog | date-time | The date of the last known temperature recorded by this FireBoard. |
List All Devices
The Devices endpoint allows you to view all FireBoards in your account.
GET https://fireboard.io/api/v1/devices.json
Retrieve a Specific Device
Retrieve detailed information about a specific device by referencing the Device’s UUID.
GET https://fireboard.io/api/v1/devices/<UUID>.json
Get Real-Time Temperature From the Device
Get the latest temperature values per channel from the device using the Temps endpoint. Temperature values are included if they are less than a minute old, otherwise nothing is returned for the channel.
GET https://fireboard.io/api/v1/devices/<UUID>/temps.json
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Get Real-Time Drive data From the Device
Get the latest FireBoard Drive log information for your device using the Drivelog endpoint. Drive log information is returned if less than a minute old.
GET https://fireboard.io/api/v1/devices/<UUID>/drivelog.json
Session API
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The session API allows you to retrieve information about any current or historical session in the authenticated account.
Session Properties
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | integer | Unique identifier resource. |
| title | string | The name of the session. |
| duration | string | String representation of the total duration of this session (e.g. 5 hours, 30 minutes). |
| created | date-time | The date the session was created in the FireBoard Cloud. |
| start_time | date-time | The configurable start time for the session. |
| start_time | date-time | The configurable end time for the session. |
| description | string | A string contained notes entered by the user pertaining to the session. |
| owner | object | An object representation of the owner’s account information. |
| devices | array | An array of FireBoard devices that were used during the session. |
List All Sessions
The Sessions endpoint allows you to view all sessions in your account
GET https://fireboard.io/api/v1/sessions.json
Retrieve a Specific Session
Retrieve detailed information about a specific session by referencing the session’s id. Adobe zii 6.1 reddit.
GET https://fireboard.io/api/v1/sessions/<id>.json
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Retrieve Session Data for Charting
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The Chart endpoint provides all temperature data from the session in a format suitable for many charting frameworks. The optional drive parameter can be used to include FireBoard Drive data in the output.
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| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| drive | Pass this parameter in the query string with a value of 1 to include Drive data from your session e.g ?drive=1optional |
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GET https://fireboard.io/api/v1/sessions/<id>/chart.json
The chart data is an array of objects representing a specific channel on a specific device.
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| x | array | Array of unix timestamps |
| y | array | Array of temperature values or Drive % |
| degreetype | integer | Integer representing the degree type: 1=C°, 2=F° |
| device | string | The UUID identifier of the device |
| label | string | The configurable label of the channel |
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Rate Limits
Users will be limited to 200 API calls per hour, if this rate limit is exceeded then user access will be blocked for 30 minutes.
Best Practices:
- When the time limit has been reached, stop making API calls. Continuing to make calls will continue to increase your call count, which will increase the time before calls will be successful again.
- Spread out queries evenly to avoid traffic spikes.
- Avoid calls that request overlapping data.
Limits subject to change at discretion of FireBoard