BBQ Timer app
- Combined interval timer/stopwatch = periodic alarms + elapsed time.
- Reminds you periodically to turn the food and tracks the total cooking time.
- Quick access via lock screen notification, pull-down notification, and home screen widget.
- Editable pop-up menu of interval times. Quickly access your favorite timers, each with optional notes.
- Changeable alarms while itās running.
- No ads.
Type in the interval time: minutes, minutes:seconds, or hours:minutes:seconds.
Example intervals
- 10 = 10 minutes
- 7:30 = 7 minutes, 30 seconds
- 3:15:00 = 3 hours, 15 minutes
Short forms
- 12:00 = 12:0 = 12: = 12 = 12 minutes
- 0:09 = :9 = 9 seconds
- 2:00:00 = 2:0:0 = 2:: = 120 = 2 hours
Tips
- Tap the checkbox to turn the periodic reminder alarms on/off.
- Tap the time display to cycle between stopped ā running ā paused ā stopped.
- Add the BBQ Timer widget to the home screen.
- Tap the widgetās elapsed time to start/pause/stop.
- Tap the widgetās background or its countdown time to open the app.
- Resize the widget (long-press it then drag its resize handles) to see more or less info.
- To remove the widget, long-press and drag it to āĆ Removeā.
- While BBQ Timer is running or paused, it appears on the lock screen and in the pull-down notification so you can see and control it in those places.
- To put it on the lock screen, put it in Pause or Play mode by tapping buttons in the app or the home screen widget.
- You can long-press the appās home screen icon, then tap the āPause at 00:00ā shortcut (on Android 7.1+) to make it Paused and ready on the lock screen.
- Tap ā² in the alarm interval text field for the pop-up menu of interval times.
- Tap āEdit these intervalsā¦ā in the menu to customize the menu.
- Long-press ā² to customize the menu.
- The app, home screen widget, and pull-down notification show the countdown interval time as well as the total elapsed time (requires Android 7+).
- In the app, the phoneās volume keys adjust the Alarm volume.
- You can change BBQ Timerās āAlarmā sound in Settings / Notifications. Donāt pick āNoneā if you want to hear the interval alarms. To restore the appās cowbell sound, uninstall and reinstall the app.
Note: These System Settings are required to hear and see BBQ Timer alarms:
- āAlarm volumeā at an audible level.
- Lock screen / Show all or non-private notifications.
- Apps / BBQ Timer āShow notificationsā, not Silent. (You may also choose to āOverride Do Not Disturbā.)
- Apps / BBQ Timer āAlarmā notification category / āShow notificationsā, not āSilentā, āMake sound and pop on screenā, sound choice not āNoneā, Importance āHighā or higher to hear and see on the lock screen and in the notification area.
- Apps / Special app access / Alarms & reminders / Allowed.
- Notifications / App settings / BBQ Timer / On.