Pitboss Grills

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Pit Boss Grills requires an account on their servers to access features of the grill remotely. Their website or packaging doesn’t give you the requirement to sign up for an account before remotely controlling or monitoring your grill disclosed.

Pitboss Grills

Basic information
Founded	1999
Legal Structure	Private
Industry	Manufacturing
Also known as
Official website	https://pitboss-grills.com

The first time you are notified of the account requirement is after installing and opening the app then clicking Grills (to connect to the grill 2 feet away).

You can load up a shopping cart full of items as "guest" in the application after declining to create an account so it seems they have decided to wall off functionality behind an advertising engine.

It is similar to Bait-and-switch to bring home a $1K pellet smoker only to be prompted to sign up for yet another account to be able to use all the advertised features. Some $50 routers will broadcast an interface to log into and access/configure parameters and monitor traffic without signing up for an account with the manufacturer. The grills, however, hold functionality hostage.

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• User Freedom
• User Privacy
• Business Model
• Market Control

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