Mobile application for controlling outdoor grill

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform steps comprising:

• receiving, at a remote device, an indication that a wood-pellet grill is attempting to communicate with one or more remote computing systems, wherein the wood-pellet grill comprises a hopper having an auger and for loading combustible pellets into a combustion area of the wood-pellet grill;
• detecting, at the remote device, a first user interaction indicating that the wood-pellet grill is permitted to communicate with the one or more remote computing systems;
• transmitting an indication of permission to one or more of the wood-pellet grill or the one or more remote computing systems;
• receiving confirmation from at least one of the one or more remote computing systems indicating that the wood-pellet grill is in network communication with the one or more remote computing systems;
• providing a notification with a user interface of the remote device that the wood-pellet grill is available to receive instructions;
• detecting, at the remote device, a second user interaction indicating that a particular operation is to be taken by the wood-pellet grill;
• generating one or more instructions to cause the hopper of the wood-pellet grill to adjust a rate at which wood pellets are fed into the combustion area of the wood-pellet in order to achieve the particular operation;
• and
• transmitting the one or more generated instructions to the wood-pellet grill.

A wood-pellet grill, comprising:

• a hopper and an auger;
• a combustion area, wherein the hopper and auger are configured to load combustible pellets into the combustion area;
• and
• a controller comprising:
• at least one processor
• at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the wood-pellet grill to:
• attempt to establish network communication with one or more remote computing systems;
• receive authorization from a remote device to establish network communication with the one or more remote computing systems;
• establish network communication with the one or more remote computing systems;
• communicate wirelessly with the remote device to link the wood-pellet grill with the remote device;
• receive one or more communications from the remote device, the one or more communications comprising instructions for controlling the wood-pellet grill;
• in response to receiving the one or more communications, adjust at least one cooking characteristic of the wood-pellet grill based on the instructions of the one or more communications;
• monitor usage of the wood-pellet grill;
• and
• transmit usage data representative of the monitored usage to one or more of the one or more remote computing systems or the remote device.