Chef iQ
chef_iq
The Chef iQ integration lets you read the temperatures from Chef iQ wireless cooking probes directly over Bluetooth Low Energy. No cloud account, base station, or hub is required: the probe broadcasts its readings and Home Assistant listens passively.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
sensor | Sensor (temperature) |
How it connects
Local push
Talks to the device on your network, and the device tells Home Assistant the moment something changes.
Found automatically over
- Bluetooth
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 156 (0.02%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Bronze |
| Added in | Home Assistant 2026.7 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @Invader444 |
Devices listed in its documentation
- Chef iQ Smart Wireless Meat Thermometer (CQ60)
- Chef iQ Smart Wireless Meat Thermometer (CQ50)
Limitations from the docs
- The integration is passive and read-only. It reports the probe's broadcast readings, but cannot start cooks, set target temperatures, or change probe settings. Those features require the Chef iQ app.
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
