[RELEASE] Traeger WiFire integraton

⚙️ Custom Apps and Drivers
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Hey all,

I've got a Traeger on my deck and and wanted it properly integrated with Hubitat. After some reverse engineering the WiFire API and github sleuthing I got something working that I'm pretty happy with, so sharing it here.

What it does:

Real-time grill state via MQTT — not polling. The Traeger app uses AWS IoT under the hood with pre-signed WebSocket URLs, so I used the same approach as my Mysa thermostat driver — using interfaces.webSocket with manual MQTT framing.

Attributes you get:

  • Grill temperature, target temp, probe temperature, probe target
  • Pellet level (%)
  • Grill state — idle, igniting, preheating, cooking, cool down, offline
  • Heating state, SuperSmoke, KeepWarm, timer remaining
  • MQTT connection status

Commands:

  • Set grill temperature
  • Set probe target temperature
  • Shutdown grill
  • Toggle SuperSmoke / KeepWarm
  • Set/cancel cook timer

PushableButton events for Rule Machine automations:

  • Button 1: Preheat complete (grill hit set temp)
  • Button 2: Probe at target temp
  • Button 3: Pellets low (< 20%)
  • Button 4: Grill offline or error
  • Button 5: Cook timer complete

So you can do things like "when button 2 is pushed → send notification: your brisket is ready" which is honestly the main thing I wanted.

How it's structured:

It's a parent app + child driver. The app handles AWS Cognito auth, grill discovery, and REST commands. The driver owns the WebSocket/MQTT connection and all the state. Multiple grills should work fine since each gets its own child device, though I only have one to test with.

Requirements:

  • Traeger WiFire-enabled grill (any model with the app)
  • Your Traeger app login credentials

Code is on GitHub: GitHub - craigde/hubitat-traeger: Traeger integration for Hubitat. I will add it to HPM later this week.

Happy to answer questions. Would love to hear from anyone with multiple grills or different models — my payload field names may vary across firmware versions and debug logging is there to help sort that out.

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Awesome! I have a Traeger Woodridge Pro and I will definitely give this a try in the spring. Right now my grill is sleeping under a blanket of snow for the winter.

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I fixed a few bugs I found in testing and added it to HPM. Enjoy

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Great! Snow's melted and I'm hoping to fire up the Traeger later this week. I'll let you know how it goes. Thx for this integration.

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Thanks heaps for this. Been looking to intergrate the Traeger into Hubitat!

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Now that I have it integrated, I can't come up with anything to do with it. What are other people doing with this integration?

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I haven't integrated it yet, but I'm mainly interested in using it as a replacement for the Traeger app on my phone. The app randomly stops working and I have to restart it. I also find the alarms pretty annoying. I'd rather set up a rule to have Alexa announce that my pellets are low, rather than get an alarm from the app (as one example).

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Real-Time Monitoring

  • Live grill & probe temps on your Hubitat dashboard
  • Heating state — see if the grill is igniting, preheating, at temp, or cooling down
  • Pellet level — hopper percentage so you know when to refill
  • Connection status — know immediately if the grill drops offline

Notifications via 5 Pushable Buttons

Use these in Rule Machine, Notifications app, or any automation:

Button Event
1 Preheat complete — grill is ready to cook
2 Probe hit target — meat is done
3 Pellets low (< 20%) — time to refill
4 Grill offline or error — something's wrong
5 Cook timer complete

Remote Control

  • Turn on/off the grill from your phone or dashboard
  • Set grill temperature and probe target remotely
  • Super Smoke mode on/off
  • Keep Warm mode on/off
  • Set/cancel cook timers

Home Automation Integration

  • Turn on patio lights when the grill starts preheating
  • Send a push notification when meat hits target temp
  • Announce on a speaker when the cook timer finishes
  • Flash a light or send an alert if pellets are low
  • Trigger a shutdown sequence after probe reaches target
  • Log cook data via Hubitat's built-in device history

Thermostat Compatibility

  • Works with any Hubitat app that supports the Thermostat capability (dashboards, Google Home, Alexa)
  • Setpoint control, mode (heat/off), operating state all mapped
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Im mainly using it in dashboards rn.

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Thermostat capability for dashboards...Nice touch!

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Not sure what is going on, but my logs were filled up with messages from the integration when I checked them today. My grill is currently offline. Here are the messages, repeated constantly. For now, I've uninstalled the app/driver.

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Sorry the image of the logs is so small. I'm having some trouble with my image editing app.

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I’ll take a look. Maybe I’m logging too aggressively.

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FWIW, it looks like the app just went bonkers. I installed it a few days ago. I look at my logs daily and didn't see anything out of the ordinary until this morning.

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Maybe they changed something on the back end. I am out of town and cant look at my own setup to repo until Sunday when I get back. Ill be in touch.

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No problem, take your time. If you need any help debugging, let me know. I'm a developer with several drivers and apps under my belt, including one that uses web services (Hyundai Bluelink integration).

I haven't used AWS stuff or MQTT, At least not yet. :slight_smile:

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Oh cool. I actually took a look and noticed an issue with how I was handling failed connections. I posted a new version that backs off reconnecting and is not as aggressive in logging with debug off. Give it a try. It’s in hpm