Using Old Linksys Routers to Control BBQ Smokers

mache writes "It's scary when you find two completely unrelated areas that you are passionate about merged. It happened to me with BBQ and hacking home network infrastructure. People have taken old Linksys WRT54G (and their derivatives) routers and made them into automatic temperature controllers for BBQ smokers. They support Wi-Fi and even have a web browser to monitor progress."

Sir,

[pak9rabid]

I like the cut of your gib.

Feature set

[Equuleus42]

Do these routers support Quality of Smoke? Pulled Pork Tunneling Protocol?

Old Linksys Gear Sucks

[Anonymous Coward]

I use to use my Linksys Wireless router as a paper weight but it couldn't even manage that, the paper magically gained the ability to defy gravity and rose to the roof. I pretty much had the same level of experience when I used it as a wireless router, if that's what you even call a device which drops connections and freezes every other minute.

I tried this years ago with RFC 1149

[Quato]

I tried this years ago with RFC 1149. I had to abandon my project, the smell of delicious smoked meat attracted hawks, which kept catching all the pigeons.

Re:Feature set

[Anonymous Coward]

or Highly tenderised and toasted pork or succulently marinaded tender pork

Re:Idle?

[ColdWetDog]

Why on earth is this under idle? Isn't this the type of thing that everyone on here cries about not being on Slashdot?

We're talking about Barbecue here son. This is serious. Now, run along and go bother somebody's cable modem, kid.

Horrible thought...

[Dogtanian]

If it crashes, does it turn your barbecue into a literal firewall?