Suggestion for shed?

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Hello,

I was hoping to get some suggestions for my shed setup. I use the shed for smoking meat and cooking on the Blackstone, and I recently ordered a Govee Bluetooth Meat Thermometer. What I’d like to do is track my temperatures from inside the house, but I’m running into an issue with Bluetooth range — it just doesn’t reach that far. My Wi-Fi, however, has no problem covering the distance. I also didn’t want to spend extra on a Wi-Fi-enabled meat probe since I enjoy tinkering and this gives me a fun project.

My idea was to use a Raspberry Pi Zero W2 to pick up the Bluetooth signal from the probe and forward the data to Home Assistant. Does that sound like a reasonable approach, or does anyone have other suggestions?

Thanks!

P.S. Here’s what I ordered if anyone would like to know. Goove Meat Probe

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This sounds like the perfect job for an ESPHome Bluetooth/BLE proxy: Bluetooth Proxy - ESPHome - Smart Home Made Simple

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Would this work? ELEGOO 3PCS ESP-32 Development Board USB-

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I assume yes.
I don’t have that board specifically but most ESP boards work fine.

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Yes, it’s good board especially if you are taking first steps with esphome.

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Well that was a short lived project, everything worked without a hitch. All that needed done was setup the ESP32 with the ESPHome web installer, added the device to Home Assistant, after that scan for the probes.

I guess at this point the hardest part will be finding a power source and 3d printing a case. Thank you all for the help.

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