Range. Smart thermometer, smarter cook.
A project in Austin, TX by Supermechanical000days
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Modernize your kitchen craft with precise temperature readings, alerts to phones anywhere, & recipe graphs for repeatable tastiness.
Backers: 2156
Average Pledge Per Backer: $82
Funded: $177,553 of $90,000
Dates: Jul 24th -> Aug 30th (38 days)
Project By: Supermechanical
Backers: 2156
Average Pledge Per Backer: $82
Funded: $177,553 of $90,000
Dates: Jul 24th -> Aug 30th (38 days)
Project By: Supermechanical
$177,553
current pledge level
Last Updated: August 30 @ 13:01 -0400 GMT
197%
of goal
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How to Realize Your Grand Product Ambitions Iteratively
April 4th - via: core77.com
One way to climb a daunting mountain is to break your difficult problem into several smaller ones. (Read More)
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September 6th - via: huffingtonpost.com
Kickstarter projects are a sign of our culture's increasing reliance on crowdsourcing and, in this case, crowdfunding. While you can find everything from games to tech innovations hoping to acquire funding, it's the food campaigns that interest us the most (no surprise there). (Read More)
Finalizing the Kickstarter campaign and the handle design 
August 29th - via: kickstarter.com
In addition to the boards, we’ve been finalizing the design of the handle and the plug so we can start getting the molds made. Check out the renderings! As we wrap up the Kickstarter campaign, things are coming together nicely for Range. ... (Read More)
Finalizing Range's hardware
August 28th - via: kickstarter.com
We have good news and better news for you today! First, the good news. We just passed the $160,000 stretch goal! That means 4.5 foot cables for all Ranges. Now your iPhones and iPad will stay even safer in your kitchen. If we reach $200,000, we've... (Read More)
Gold Range and watching the Status Board
August 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Throughout the Range campaign, we’ve been tracking Range's progress on Panic’s Status Board app (streamed through an Apple TV so we can all see it ALL THE TIME). We have it set up to display how many of you (backers) there are, the total amount... (Read More)
Coal cable testing and stickers
August 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Rangers - Hope you all had an awesome weekend! We’re down to the final week of Range’s Kickstarter campaign – time sure flies when you’re having fun. Thanks to you, Range passed its $150,000 stretch goal. That means stickers for... (Read More)
Announcing Coal Range
August 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Coal Range is Ember's big brother, and it's made for the pro griller. If you've gotten burned in the past by flare-ups, this is for you. The standard Range works great for the oven, smoker and everyday grilling (perfect for when John grills chicken... (Read More)
Stretch goals – a longer cord for Range
August 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
It’s time for Range’s next stretch goals! This picture shows Aqua Range’s full current range – 3 feet. Thanks to your feedback, we’ve heard that you’d prefer something longer. If Range reaches $160,000, we’ll increase both Aqua and... (Read More)
Meet the Supermechanic: Christina
August 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Range reached its next stretch goal - thank you! We'll announce another stretch goal soon. In the continuing saga of Meet the Supermechanic - it’s my turn! I’m Christina, and it’s my job to provide happiness to all of you. I’m a capricorn and... (Read More)
Making Range accessible
August 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We want Range to help all kitchen enthusiasts cook better. That’s why we’re going to do our best to make the Range app accessible to our friends in the blind and deaf communities. We asked one of our backers what technology solutions he has... (Read More)
A delicious recipe: mixing Range with other apps
August 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Beyond the Range app, there are already so many great (and specialized) iOS apps for cooking, brewing, and candymaking. We're talking with a few popular brewing apps about integrating Range data – it will be an awesome marriage of technology and... (Read More)
Old family recipes made new with Range
August 16th - via: kickstarter.com
I grew up in the kitchen with my family. We had family dinners nearly every night of my life before I moved to college – that’s where my love of cooking (and hatred for doing dishes) began. I’m spending the weekend with my family in Dallas... (Read More)
New stretch goal: magnetic cable management
August 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Rangers, Thanks to you all, we blew past our first two stretch goals. Time for a new one! Once we hit $140,000, we’ll add magnets to all Ranges. Why magnets? Partly because magnets are awesome, and partly for managing the cable. Here’s a... (Read More)
Meet the Supermechanic: Risto
August 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Who's the guy that will get your Range to you safely? This guy – meet Risto! Risto is our fulfillment specialist at Supermechanical. In addition to safely shipping Twines around the world, he enjoys handling the soldering and physical prototyping... (Read More)
Artisan Profile: Austin Homebrew Supply
August 13th - via: kickstarter.com
We don't have a lot of experience brewing (yet!). So when we were designing Range, we deferred to the professionals! We talked to our friends at Austin Homebrew Supply about why temperature is important in the kitchen for brewers. Watch the video... (Read More)
Are you a master chef? You'll want this apron.
August 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Rangers! I hope you all had an awesome weekend! We sure did – with your help Range blew past the first two stretch goals. We’ll announce more tomorrow! Do you want to be a master chef? We all do! Range will get you a lot closer. And, if you... (Read More)
Ember update and Pinterest
August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
We heard from quite a few of you that 2 inches is too short for the Ember Range. You guys sure do cook some large pieces of meat! We’ve decided to increase Ember's length to 3 inches. We gave an inch – please don’t take a mile. :P You guys... (Read More)
Range reached its goal! Now, stretch goals!
August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Thursday, Rangers! Thanks to all of you, Range reached its funding goal yesterday! Guess what time it is now? That’s right – stretch goal time! Our first two stretch goals are for the Range app. We have David working out the feasibility... (Read More)
Range Smart Thermometer
August 8th - via: coolhunting.com
Cook to perfection with an iOS-enabled kitchen tool complete with mobile alerts and temperature graphing (Read More)
Meet the Supermechanic: David
August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Range is 99% funded. Thank you all for your support! We have some awesome new features to add to Range and its app, and new Range reward levels (some based on backer feedback) planned as stretch goals. We'll announce them in the coming days when... (Read More)
Range: a smart cooking thermometer for your iPhone
August 7th - via: cnet.com.au
A cooking thermometer that plugs into your iPhone pairs up with an app to help you monitor and record your culinary adventures. (Read More)
Artisan Profile: Red Rabbit Bakery
August 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Are you a fan of donuts? Of course you are. While we were designing Range, we did a lot of research on what professionals need. Our friends at Red Rabbit Cooperative Bakery talked to us about why temperature is important in their kitchen. Red Rabbit... (Read More)
Friends, Patrons, and everyone in between
August 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Today we reached over 90% funded! Thank you! We appreciate all 1077 of you, from our friends to our patrons! I’m very excited to begin tweeting food horoscopes (or horrorscopes...) out to our friends! Are you curious about what a food horoscope is?... (Read More)
Range: An iPhone Thermometer From The Maker Of Twine
August 5th - via: fastcodesign.com
I learned more in a few minutes making caramel than I ever have cooking anything else in my life. Attempting to melt sugar at 310ºF, I found that my thermometer got stuck as the sugar clumped dry somewhere in the mid 200s. Had I screwed up? Should I try again? Suddenly, something changed (a chemical reaction, no doubt), the thermometer began to skyrocket, and I was soon stirring a delicious batch of caramel. (Read More)
Beyond the Range app
August 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Rangers! Remember last Friday when there were only 500 of you? We’re closing in on 1000 backers now! Thank you all! We heard from one Ranger who is going to use his Range to monitor the temperature of the stream where he goes fly fishing. He... (Read More)
Behind the scenes with Range
August 1st - via: kickstarter.com
What has Supermechanical been up to lately?During the past week David’s been honing the firmware. He’s working on improving the communication between Range and the iOS device and ensuring that we get every bit of accuracy we can out of our probe.... (Read More)
Welcome to the family
July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Cooking is a family affair, and we want you to consider us part of your family (we think of you as our family). What better way to do that than to get to know each other a little better? We'll be introducing ourselves to you over the coming weeks... (Read More)
Think outside the kitchen with Range!
July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
What's up, Rangers?! In case you missed it, Range was featured on Wired today! We’ve focused on uses for Range in the kitchen, but we’ve heard from a few backers who are interested in using Range to monitor HVAC systems, for math education, and... (Read More)
Kickstarter: An iPhone Kitchen Thermometer, From the Inventors of Twine
July 30th - via: wired.com
A smart thermometer for data-driven bakers, chocolatiers, cheese-makers and whoever's in charge of the bird at Thanksgiving. (Read More)
Want to have BBQ with us?
July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Rangers! Hope you had a great weekend! Cook anything delicious? I’ve been eating a lot of tomato and arugula sandwiches – it is that time of year. We have some awesome rewards (in addition to Range). The best one? The Patron level. If... (Read More)
What will you use Range for?
July 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Rangers! There are 507 of you now, WOW. We’ve had a great time answering your questions and reading your comments this week – keep them coming! So far, we’ve heard from people who are planning on using Range for making yogurt (we hadn’t... (Read More)
Thank you!
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! Thanks to all of you, Range had a better first day on Kickstarter than we could have imagined. We reached $30,000 in less than 24 hours, AWESOME. We still have a ways to go before we reach our goal, and we need your help! Share Range on... (Read More)
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