Plan a smoker cook backward from dinner.

Planning a cook

• Choose a cut (brisket, pork shoulder, pork ribs, whole chicken or whole turkey), weight in pounds or kilograms, smoker temperature (four steps from 225 to 300 F, shown in F or C), trimmed or untrimmed, wrapped or not, serve time and rest length.
• The timeline runs backward from the serve time: start, wrap window (wrapped cuts only), done window, stall and margin allowance, rest and serve.
• Every time is a planning estimate planned from the slow end of the range. Wrap and done are windows, and the start is a latest start that includes its buffer. No screen promises a single time.
• A countdown shows the next step while the app is open.
• The whole plan switches between pounds and kilograms, and between F and C.

Included from the start

• Plans for single-item cooks, up to three planned cooks at a time
• A history of finished cooks that keeps your actual start and finish times, with no limit
• A start-time reminder on each planned cook
• Plain-text and CSV export of any plan, and backup and restore, to a file you choose

Cook Clock Pro, one optional purchase

• Several items in one timeline against one serve time, such as ribs beside a brisket
• Unlimited planned cooks
• Custom cuts and extra smoker profiles
• Calibration from your own finished cooks: switch it on in Your pit, and after three or more cooks of a cut at a temperature your own range replaces the default, with the spread shown
• A fuller cook log with wrap, spritz and refuel events and probe temperature notes
• Reminders at the main steps

No subscription. Everything under Included from the start keeps working without Pro.

Doneness

Cut size, weather, the cooker and pit temperature swings all move the real time, so treat every time as an estimate. Judge doneness by internal temperature with a thermometer. Cook Clock does not give food safety temperatures or holding times; the About screen links to the USDA page on minimum internal temperatures.

Reminders

Reminders are local notifications, and Cook Clock asks for permission only when you turn one on. If you say no, the in-app countdown still works. Reminders can arrive late when the phone is in battery saver mode.

Works offline

Cooks, history and notes stay on your phone. There is no account, and Cook Clock does not use your location or microphone. The only network use is showing the Pro price, buying Pro and restoring a purchase. The links to USDA and to PierDo open your browser, and Google may now and then show its own rating dialog.