Hey everyone, I’m super excited to share my new Crockpot Time Control blueprint for Home Assistant! This blueprint is designed to help you automate the control of a crockpot connected to a smart outlet switch based on dinner and cook times. Here’s how it works:
Core Features:
- Automatically calculates the start time for your crockpot based on the desired dinner time and cook time in hours.
- Starts the crockpot at the calculated time, ensuring your meal is ready when you want it.
- Turns off the crockpot after the specified cook time has elapsed.
How to Use the Blueprint:
- Import the blueprint into your Home Assistant instance.
- Create an automation using the imported blueprint.
- Set the input fields for the blueprint:
- Calculation Time: The time of day when the crockpot start time will be calculated.
- Dinner Time Input: Input Datetime entity for setting the desired dinner time.
- Cook Time Input: Input Number entity for setting the cook time in hours.
- Smart Outlet Switch: Smart outlet switch to control the crockpot.
- Timer Entity: Timer entity used to control the crockpot cooking time.
Required Input Helpers:
- Input Datetime entity for dinner time: Create an input_datetime entity that allows you to set the desired dinner time. Example entity name:
input_datetime.dinner_time. - Input Number entity for cook time: Create an input_number entity to set the cook time in hours. Example entity name:
input_number.cook_time.
Once you have created these input helpers, you’ll need to select them when configuring the automation using the imported blueprint.
Feel free to comment on this thread if you have any questions or feature requests. Enjoy automating your crockpot cooking with this blueprint!
Best regards,
Mikey