A charcoal cooker, and no V Forge WiFi Hub yet
Blow Forge
1, 2 or 4 SticksV Forge WiFi HubWired Ambient ProbeBlow
From$256.00
Preorder: charged at checkout, ships October 30.
Blow · BBQ temperature control fan
Blow holds the fire in the cooker you already own.
Set your pit temperature in the app and let Blow tend the fire. It feeds your charcoal the air it needs while you watch from your phone. Blow Forge is Blow plus the V Forge Set it runs on: the V Forge WiFi Hub and Wired Ambient Probe.
Check this first
What are you cooking on?
Blow works on charcoal cookers where you control the air coming in.
Blow is for you
Charcoal, with an air intake you can control
- Kamado: no drilling.
- Kettle, bullet smoker (WSM) and drum: clips into an existing air opening if your cooker has an accessible one, otherwise one 1¼" hole with a flat surface behind it.
- Charcoal only.
Not for
Gas or pellet
They already manage their own heat, so a fan adds nothing. The V Forge Set still reads your pit at the grate on any fuel.
See the V Series →
How it connects
Every part has one job.
The Wired Ambient Probe reads the pit at the grate and plugs into Blow. The hub compares that to your target and tells Blow how much air to give. The Stick reads the meat, and the MeatStick app shows you both.
Two ways in
What do you already have?
Blow runs on the V Forge WiFi Hub. Pick the one that matches what you already own.
You already own a V Forge Set
Blow, the fan
FanHub-link cableMounting hardware
$137.00
Preorder: charged at checkout, ships October 30.Not sure which base you have? Look for a port for the Wired Ambient Probe. Only the V Forge WiFi Hub has one.
Measure, then control
It reads the heat at your food, then feeds the fire to hold it.
- The Wired Ambient Probe reads the temperature at the grateThat is the level your food cooks at, not up in the lid where a lid thermometer sits.
- The hub decides how much airIt checks the reading against your target and tells Blow how much air to give: more when the fire runs cool, less when it runs hot.
- On target, the fan eases offThe fan switches on and off as needed. The temperature drifts above and below your target and comes back. That is normal for a charcoal fire.
Pit at the grate
Fan off
Fire lit · fan at full
Pit temperatureYour set tempFan, off to full
Two real test cooks on a charcoal kettle with pre-launch firmware: lit from cold and set to 225°F, then a lid opening from a later lid test.
Before you buy
The straight answers.
Will it fit my cooker?
- Kamado: no drilling. Plates are in the box.
- Kettle, WSM and drum: clips into an existing air opening if your cooker has an accessible one, otherwise one 1¼" hole with a flat surface behind it. If you drill, you supply the hole saw.
- Charcoal only.
What if something goes wrong at 3am?
- If Blow loses power or its link to the hub, the fan stops.
- The control runs on the hub itself, right at your cooker. If your WiFi or the cloud drops, the cook keeps running.
- If the fire runs low? The temperature drops even with the fan running. Add charcoal and check the vents.
Isn't that cheating?
- You still build the fire, pick the wood and call the wrap.
- Blow saves you the 3am trip out to check the vents.
- Your Stick still tells you when the meat is done.
Go deeper
Four pages that answer the rest.
01Read →
02Read →
03Read →
04Read →
Will Blow fit my cooker?
How the spring clip holds, and what each cooker needs.
How Blow works
How it controls the fire, why it reads at the grate and not the lid, what normal looks like, and what happens if something fails.
Blow Forge vs other fire controllers
Where it reads the pit, what is in the box, how you choose a fan.
Six questions to ask any fire controller
Why Blow is wired, where it reads the pit, what it does when something fails.
Pitmaster cook video
Hold your fire.
For a charcoal cooker with an air intake you can control, and a cook you would rather not babysit.