--- title: "PitBoss" description: "PitBoss is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 291 installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated October 26, 2026." canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/dknowles2-ha-pitboss" url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/dknowles2-ha-pitboss.md" last-updated: "2026-10-22" version: "1.4" --- # PitBoss > PitBoss is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 291 installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated October 26, 2026. PitBoss is a custom integration that connects Home Assistant to PitBoss pellet grills and smokers. It talks to the grill itself, without a PitBoss account or the vendor's mobile app, and can connect over Bluetooth, the vendor's relay, or a direct local connection on grills that support it. It adds binary sensors, buttons, climate, lights, numbers, selects, sensors and switches, and the available features follow what the grill model and control board declare. Remote start is off by default, so the power switch and climate card can only turn the grill off, and an option in the integration settings enables a separate start grill action. An action can also set or remove the grill password, and the integration asks for the password again if the grill rejects it. Setup is done in the UI, and grills can be found automatically. Automatic summary of the README and code of dknowles2/ha-pitboss. Something wrong, or are you the maintainer and want your own text here? [Get in touch](https://vulpo.app/contact) [Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=dknowles2&repository=ha-pitboss&category=integration) On Home Assistant 2026.11 or newer? [Open it in the Marketplace](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=dknowles2&repository=ha-pitboss&category=integration) ## Supports - **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between. - **Found by itself**: Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it. - **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS. - **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months. ## Setting it up Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services. ### Connect - **Grill ID** ### More info - **Model**: The model is needed to properly communicate with your grill - **Grill password**: The password for your grill, NOT your PitBoss account - **Connection protocol**: The protocol to use to connect to your grill. - **Host**: The grill's address on your network. Only used by the local connection. Also asked when changing the connection. ### Re-enter the grill password - **Password** ### After setup - **Allow starting the grill remotely**: Lets the pitboss.start\_grill action light the grill. Only turn this on if you accept starting a fire in an appliance nobody may be standing next to. Texts from the code of [dknowles2/ha-pitboss](https://github.com/dknowles2/ha-pitboss). ## Actions - **Set grill password**: Sets or removes the grill's password. The same password gates commands over Bluetooth and over the network, and Home Assistant's copy is updated at the same time so the two cannot drift apart. Fields: Grill, Password - **Start grill**: Lights the grill remotely. Disabled unless "Allow starting the grill remotely" is enabled in the integration options. Only start a pellet grill you have prepared: the lid open and the burn pot clear of unburned pellets. Fields: Grill ## From the README > A Home Assistant custom integration to interact with PitBoss grills and smokers. > > WARNING: THIS INTEGRATION IS STILL UNDER ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND MAY NOT YET WORK PROPERLY. > > - No account, no app. The integration talks to the grill itself. It never signs in to a PitBoss account and never uses the vendor's mobile app. > - Automatic discovery. Power on your grill and it's discovered automatically over Bluetooth; manual setup by device ID is also supported. > - Three connection protocols. Bluetooth (ble), the vendor's relay (wss, the default), or a direct local connection (local) for grills that support it — chosen at setup and changeable later via… > - Reconfigurable, and it asks rather than gives up. Change the model, password, or protocol without deleting the integration. If the grill starts rejecting the password, the integration asks you to… > - Adapts to your grill. The light, primer motor, recipe sensors, probe count, probe naming, and per-probe targets are all created from what your model and control board declare — not assumed. > - Polls faster when it matters. Updates arrive quickly while the grill is running and back off in standby. > - Safety first, remote start off by default. Out of the box the integration cannot light the grill: the power switch and climate card only ever turn it off. A deliberate opt-in in the integration… From the README of [dknowles2/ha-pitboss](https://github.com/dknowles2/ha-pitboss#readme), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened. ## At a glance - Kind: Marketplace integration - Category: [Climate](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/climate.md) - Number: 291 installs sharing analytics; 69 GitHub stars - Connection: Works locally - Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months - Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older) - Latest version: 2026.8.1, last updated October 26, 2026 - Domain: `pitboss` - Source: - Issues: In Vulpo: Light card, Quick Toggle card, Climate card, Button card, Apple Watch, Control Center, Climate Live Activity (Pro) [Widgets & Live Activities in Vulpo](https://vulpo.app/features/widgets-and-live-activities) Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. Not affiliated with Home Assistant or the Open Home Foundation. [About these numbers](https://vulpo.app/integrations/about) Last updated 2026-10-22. 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