- Now that summer is here, you many be grilling more. We chat about extending the life of your grills, and tech tools to give you an edge, with Charles Munro, Founder and CEO of Barbeque Pro Inc.
- How can you reduce the odds of your vehicle from being stolen (or the contents within it)? Serial tech entrepreneur David Moeller, Founder and CEO of Keep Technologies, stops by to chat about its AI-driven car security solution
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it out from Mexico City next week, but I'll likely
play that interview with Jeff as well and perhaps some
other guests. But yeah, on that topic, let's talk about
what's on Top four today. I've got two guests lined
up for you on this week's new tech it Out. First,
it's barbecue season, grilling season, and so I'm going to
have a gentleman on in a moment from Barbecue pro Inc.
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Who's going to share some barbecuing tips so you can
be the grill master on your street. We'll also talk tech,
after all, this is a show called tech it Out.
I'll ask him about those wireless meat thermometers, you know,
those Bluetooth probes. There's also a Wi Fi enabled smokers
and all that, So we're going to kick off teck
it out with that in a moment, and then after
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that we're going to talk about car thefs with a
company called Keep Technology. It's a topic that I've covered
as a journalist, even recently, about three weeks ago, I
wrote a piece on ten ways to reduce the odds
of your car getting stolen. But we're going to talk
with David Moeller, who is the founder and CEO of
Keep Technologies, billed as an AI driven car security solution.
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So we're going to hear how that works and what
makes it unique, all on a brand new tech it Out.
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fraud efforts shortly, but let's officially kick off a brand
new tech it out with our first interview. Now that
summer is here, he may be grilling more. I certainly am,
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although I admit I'm in all year round griller, even
in the snow. Actually, but we're going to chat today
about extending the life of your barbecue, tech tools that
might give you an edge, and what to look for
in a new grill if you're in the market for one.
We're joined on the line by Charles Monroe, founder and
CEO of Barbecue Pro Inc. Welcome to the show, Charles,
good to chat with you.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
It's great to be here. Thanks for having me Mark.
So let's talk barbecue.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Yeah, let's talk. My wife's the chef or the cook
in our home, but I'm the grill master, or I
pretend to be. Certainly I can use some of the
tips that I know you're going to impart on on
our audience, So thanks for that. In advance to kick
things off, tell us a bit about the company Barbecue
Pro Inc.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
So Barbecue Pro, Inc. We're a leader in our industry.
I started the company twenty years ago. I like to
tell people I was working with animals, but the truth
is I was working at a butcher store kind of
the same thing. So I started this cleaning company on
the side, starting to clean people's barbecues, and twenty years
later we now clean close to ten thousand barbecues per year.
And we don't just clean them, we refurbish them, we
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repair them, we run we're licensed gas companies, we're running
gas lines. We've transformed into working on gas fireplaces and
fire pits, basically anything gas. But like the name says, primarily,
we're barbecue pro inc.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
And I could use your help, admitted. When you know,
there's like fat that drips off of the meat that
I'm cooking, whether it's a steak or whatever, ribs or chicken.
I don't always remove the grills later after it's cooled
and clean the burners underneath and stuff like that or
whatever they're called. I don't even know. I'm terrible at that,
So I definitely need your help. I know you're going
to share some maintenance tips with us. This is a
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tech show, though, so at some point, Charles, I would
love to pick your brain about wireless thermometers, those bluetooth
probes and maybe Wi Fi grills, But let's first chat
about tips to keeping your barbecue performing. Well, that is
your expertise.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
You know, the main thing with a grill, and hopefully
most people have realized now the quality is important when
purchasing or owning one. But when you cook on your
frying pan, whether it be a cast iron, stainless steel,
or whatever it is. And don't get me wrong, we
don't use soap on our cast iron. Everyone knows that,
but you still clean it. So the average person will
clean their barbecue sometimes never if they're lucky, once a year.
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What we always recommend is, if you are going to
do that once a year cleaning, take your time and
do it right. What the things that you want to
focus on. Don't worry about the grills. Of course, we
eat off of the grills. They're gross. What's the trick?
What's the importance? You take them? You give them a
good scrape, get some steel wool, give them a good scrape,
and I want you to just throw them in a
soapy bucket and put them to the side. They're these
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little bars that we all have in our barbecue and
most people don't know what those are for. They think, well,
it deflects the grease from hitting the burner, and it
slows down flare ups. All of these are true, but
they create a radiant heat. And when you get into
the higher end barbecues, you'll see the design and engineering,
whether it be flavor bars or some have ceramic rods
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or ceramic briquettes. What those are doing is they're evening
out your cooking surface. But they get dirty they cook,
So no matter what it is, when you have large
chunks that start building up on those bars, or ceramic
rods or whatever's underneath your grills, you've got to get
that off. Take a putty knife, scrape pit, scrub it
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with your steel wool, throw it in the bucket. An
important step in maintaining your barbecue is of course emptying
your grease tray. Okay, so many people on most barbecue models,
the grease tray is something that they've designed to slide
out for easy access and maintenance. Some people don't even
know it comes out of their barbecue, so that's perfectly normal.
(09:23):
But take it out of your barbecue, scrape it, get
it as close to this deal as possible. Okay, when
you're done, if it's a bucket, if it doesn't have
a drain on it, like say you want a crown
verity or something like that. You can put a little
bit of water in the bottom of it. That's going
to stop some of the flare ups that you're having.
If it's got a drip pan and it kind of
angles down, just make sure it's clean. Okay. You can
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actually do that really easily. It's about a if you've
got the putty knife and you keep it somewhere close
to the to the barbecue and you've got a garbage bag,
it'll take you to scrape out a grease pan maybe
two minutes. Okay, try and do that on a regular
basis in regards to the actual firebox. So that's the
basin of the barbecue, okay. And what we recommend is
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always when you're doing your spring cleaning, you're going to
scrape that. You're going to get as much of the
large chunks off of it as possible. They're going to
fall into that magical grease tray I told you about.
You're going to pull it out, put them all into
the garbage. You're going to put that grease tray along
with your flavor bars and your grills soaking in the warm, hot,
soapy water, and you're going to take your steel wool
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and you're going to scrub the entires inside of your barbecue.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
All right.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
You're going to rinse it with a hose and it
get dry. It's important not only for safety but for
operation that you're inspecting your burners, especially before the first use.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
And you've got a tip tied to the first lighting
of your barbecue, Charles, can you share that with us?
Speaker 4 (10:51):
What happens is over the years and depending on the
quality or the make of your barbecue, the burners have
these things on them called ports. Those are the little
holes the flames come out of. They will corrode over
time and people say, well, I used to get this
beautiful blue flame, and now I've got these big orange flames.
That's a mixture of two things. It's a mixture of
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the gas not releasing properly and the gas air mixture
that goes into that burner.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
A lot more with Charles Monroe, founder and CEO of
Barbecue Pro when we return on check.
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slash Security. We are chring with Charles Monroe. He's founder
and CEO of company called Barbecue pro Inc. We're getting
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tips on how to maintain your grill, and in a
moment we'll talk tech such as wireless probes, those bluetooth
meet thermometers. But first, Charles, before the break, you were
talking about cleaning the holes on the burners underneath the grill,
so please continue your thought.
Speaker 4 (13:02):
Make sure that all those little holes are clear. If
you can't get the burners out, just scrub them really well.
Make sure all your little holes are clear, and then
light it. Make sure that you're getting an even flame across.
You'll notice if you're not getting an even flame that
probably what's happened is when those ports is slightly clogged. Now,
if you're getting a big orange flame, then on the
bottom of a burner, there's a thing called an air shutter.
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You can't miss it. You look where that burner is
connected to the barbecue. There's a little screw. You adjust
that air shutter, and it's going to mix your gas
and oxygen levels, okay, because you can't have combustion. Gas
doesn't burn unless it mixes with air, and that's where
it happens in a burner. If you adjust those you
can actually adjust the size of your flame and what
kind of flame you're getting. I think is an opener
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to get the best out of your barbecue season. That's
an imperative step. Make sure your burners are working properly.
On that note mark one thing that's really important because
you don't want to start your first barbecue by starting
your barbecue on fire. Always check all the ass connections.
Get a cloth with some soap and water. Just soap them.
Make sure there's no bubbles, you've gotten no leaks when
you first light your barbecue. Make sure you're around to
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watch it heat up. If you get a backfire you're
not around, you're gonna melt everything behind.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
I did want to ask you about tech. This is
a show about technology. What's your take on these wireless
meat or bluetooth meat thermometers like a meter pro from
Traeger or an eye grill from Weber. What's your take
on these?
Speaker 4 (14:25):
They're fantastic. You know, it's we all like to think
that we're perfect cooks and we're chefs when we're out
there in front of the barbecue. But it's nice to have
the idea. And you know, these new thermometers they're not
telling you just your grilling time, but they're giving you
the resting time and everything right for the price point
and what they add to your grilling experience. I own two,
so I would recommend that everyone gets one.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
In my mind, you're supposed to keep the lid closed too,
so it's very helpful. What's the expression if you're looking
it ain't cooking right?
Speaker 4 (14:55):
Good one and that is one percent true and patients
is key. That's one we always say. Make sure you're
cooking before you're flipping.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
And a lot of these work with an app so
you can set your desired donness up front, like if
you like your steak, you know whatever medium, well, then
you know when it's time to flip your meat. It
gives you the temperature of inside because it's a probe
the inside of your meat, as well as the ambient temperature.
So it gives you a lot of data, which is
really great. So you can, you know, enjoy a cold
one with your friends while you while you're growing simultaneously.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
Well, not to mention, a lot of these apps are
offering you recipes to go along with your food, and
some of the recipes are absolutely great. You should try it.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Yeah, I know that Tragger app has a bunch of
recipes you can try. And speaking of Trigger, they're known
for their smokers, and I guess barbecues in one that
our Wi Fi enabled, so long as you can have
your internet, your wireless internet reached the backyard. And that's
the same ideas that you have an app so you
can start the barbecue while you're in your home and
then you can go out and smoke and keep an
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eye virtually on what you're cooking, even if you're not
in front of it.
Speaker 4 (15:55):
One hundred percent. It's a genius technology, especially for smoking.
Smoking is very very slow process, but there are key
important times while you're smoking. Well that means getting the temperature.
So to be able to have that technology in your pocket,
you can literally if it's cooking too fast, you can
turn the thing down from your phone. Yeah, that's wild.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
It is pretty well.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
It's come a long way in twenty years, I'll tell
you that much. And Trigger's doing a great job.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
If those listening are in the market to buy a
new grill, it seems like there's a lot of options
out there, right. There's the charcoal variety. We've talked about
gas based ones, there's the green Egg, there's like different brands,
there's different technologies. What do you recommend for those looking
to buy a barbecue for the first time. What are
some tips.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
Well, number one would be research to avoid big box stores.
Go to a company that specializes in selling barbecues. You
know this is what they do. And three you stick
with the names that you'd know when you trust. Now,
I don't want to give up on new companies. There's
companies like Alchemy and other ones that are out there
that are producing awesome material, but a brand of like Napoleon, Weber,
broil King, these are staples in barbecue society and all
(17:00):
they do is make barbecues. If you're buying something like
a Queasin Art, but you can get a Queasin Art
microwave and a queensin Art toaster and a queens in
Art barbecue, they aren't really focusing on the engineering and
the design of that barbecue. Materials key as well. Mark
you know, it's important that if you're getting a cast barbecue,
the thickness of it, try to avoid as much enamel
as you can because if it scratches, it rusts stainless
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steel grills as far as we're concerned, our key they
can outlive the barbecue, but the material is key.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
And then finally, where can our listeners learn more about
Barbecue Pro, Inc.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
The best bet is to visit our website. You can
contact us. Our website is www dot barbecuepro dot com.
Now we spell that out B A R B E
q U E p r O dot com. And we
love talking barbecue. So there's never a time that you
can't send us a text message, give us a call,
shoot us an email. We have a whole office staff.
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Just wait and answer any question you have and we
love to help. All Right.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Awesome, Charles, great to chat with you, really informative. I
appreciate your time. Thank you again.
Speaker 3 (17:59):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
I am an all year round griller. Even when there's snow,
I don't care. I'll shovel a path if I need to.
All Right, when we return on tech it Out, we're
going to chat about car theft and how technology may
be able to help curb them. We'll be right back.
Stick with us.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Want to follow Mark Google, Mark with a C and
Saltzman with a Z. Breaking down geeks beak into street speak.
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Check it out with.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Technology columnist, author, and TV personality Mark Saltzman.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Welcome back to check it Out. It's something we hear
about more and more these days vehicle theft. In fact,
I just wrote an article about it. It was a
piece on ten suggestions to reduce the odds of your car, trucker,
suv from being stolen, whether you're at home or on
the go. And so I'm thrilled to have on the
show now serial tech entrepreneur David Mohler, who's also the
(19:02):
founder and CEO of Keep Technologies, billed as an AI
driven car security solution. Welcome to the show, David, good
to talk to you.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Sure, thanks so much for having us.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Before we talk about the solution, let's identify the problem.
As I mentioned off the top, car theF seems to
be out of hand these days. What do the numbers
tell us?
Speaker 6 (19:20):
Though the numbers are, they're really saddening. Automobiles have been
the number one destination for larceny theft every year for
the last forty years. So we're talking the top category
against other categories like stealing from a building or pocket
picking or perse snatching. So it has been the unfortunate,
undisputed champion for where thieves.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
Want to go for the last forty years.
Speaker 6 (19:45):
And vehicle crime in the US exceeds ten billion dollars
annually people end up paying are all the citizens because
the insurance premiums for your cars just keep increasing. And
then there's also another hidden payment, which is that vehicle
crime is the first crime that a lot of youth
get involved in because it's so easy, and then it
really just spirals downhill from there.
Speaker 3 (20:06):
Around the pandemic.
Speaker 6 (20:08):
They're over a million car stolen in twenty twenty two
and twenty twenty three, and that was due to the
Kia Boys, and you know, just in the name, you
can see that the youth are.
Speaker 3 (20:16):
Involved in it.
Speaker 6 (20:17):
And while that loophole got closed by Kia with firmware.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Updates, the ease.
Speaker 6 (20:24):
Of breaking into a car, or whether you're going to
steal it for a joy ride or just breaking into
it in general, still remains a massive problem, and that's
very underreported in the police data in the United States.
If you ask anyone who's had their car rifled through,
you say did you call the police? And oftentimes people say, well,
I didn't call the police because they didn't take anything,
or they only.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
Took some sunglasses.
Speaker 6 (20:45):
So the numbers we have for car break ins in
the US is over a million a year reported, but
our estimates that it's much higher, and it's around twenty
to forty million break ins per year, and that people
are just very embarrassed and don't talk about it. So
if you look at the the problem as a whole,
you've got vehicle theft, you've got theft of things on
vehicles like rims or catalytic converters, then you've got break
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hands themselves. You know, it's a massive problem, and it
really hasn't gone anywhere.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
And you know, with all.
Speaker 6 (21:13):
The innovation that automakers have brought out, it's actually increased
car thefts because with Keela's entry, fifty percent of car
stolen have the keys left in them.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
So it's a massive problem.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
It's a massive problem in the United States, in Canada
as well, Mexico, really around around the world.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
Thanks for that, David, Yeah, very discouraging. And also when
it comes to break in on cars, when they steal
something inside the vehicle. I know that in parts of
the US, and if I'm not mistaken, like in the
Bay Area in particular, it's like a misdemeanor now, right,
So there's really no punishment to that. When I guess,
is it that the cops can't just keep up with
how often this is happening and they want to prioritize
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their efforts elsewhere.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
Yeah, and it's really tough on the Bay Area.
Speaker 6 (21:55):
Even when the police do arrest someone, they take them
in and then you've got a district attorney who tries
the case and he will potentially release that person for
time served. And you have criminals who are on the
streets who've broken into dozens of cars, and when those
incidents are treated separately and not as a whole, then
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they remain below that nine hundred and fifty dollars. Well,
I think they're trying to do some things to change it,
and there's been some transition with the district attorney. But
it's a really challenging problem because you can have police
who are trying to enforce and then if the criminals
are just turned around and released the next day, then
you know, how do you affect any change. So it
really has to be a united effort, not just with
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the enforcement but also with the judicial.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
Thanks for that, David. So let's now hear about keep
technologies and what your solution is. Exactly sure.
Speaker 6 (22:46):
So our solution allows anyone with a cup holder and
their car and a smartphone to protect their vehicle.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Can you elaborate? Can you tell us how it works?
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Absolutely?
Speaker 2 (22:57):
You've piqued my curiosity here, but I need some info.
Speaker 6 (23:01):
So we wanted to build a solution that anyone could use.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
And what I mean by anyone.
Speaker 6 (23:07):
Is someone could have a Kia, someone could have a
range Rover, someone could have a large truck, a small truck. Really,
we wanted to allow anyone who has a vehicle who
wants to protect it to be able to protect it
with the caveat that they need to have a smartphone,
and so we tried to design a device that would
be as compatible with as many vehicles on the road,
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and it is installed by the vehicle owner themselves. It
goes into your cup holder and you just twist and
it has legs that expand and then it anchors, and
then you plug it into a port that's standard on
all cars since nineteen ninety six, and that's where it
gets its power, and then it does some really cool
magical things. It has radar inside of it that detects
(23:50):
motion outside of your vehicle, and it's really scary for
a thief when they.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Approach a vehicle that's very quiet and nothing's going on.
And then they get closer and it makes a noise
at them and it flashes lights. They have no idea
how it detected them, but it's responding to them. It's
very eerie and it's.
Speaker 6 (24:08):
Very disturbing and dis settling, and they move on to
the next car.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
They don't enter, they don't open the door.
Speaker 6 (24:15):
So, in addition to sensing motion outside, we have ways
of sensing if there's motion inside of the vehicle. We
really don't have to use those sensors because there's just
so many unprotected vehicles. When our device is in a vehicle,
the thieves just go to the next one. But we
do take that video. We transmit it over cellular. Our
device has its own cellular connection so that you, the owner,
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get notified through the mobile app that's on your own smartphone,
and you get.
Speaker 3 (24:40):
Notified with a video.
Speaker 6 (24:42):
You also get notified if someone enters your vehicle, but
we don't have really any of those videos to show.
We only have videos of someone approaching, and we call
it a near miss, where someone walks up to your
vehicle and they walk away, so you have video of
that happening. And then something that's really important that we
do is we let our caustomers define the threshold for
when they want to be notified, so we'll always deter
(25:05):
if there's what we can consider some amount of motion
that is concerning to us. But you get to set
the threshold for when you get a video, because maybe
you park in an area where there are people constantly
walking by your car and you don't want to be
notified of all those videos. So we found it's very
important for the customer experience to let our customers really
customize how the device behaves and how it interfaces with them.
(25:30):
So we've spent a lot of time over the years
just really diving into the specific user experience for different
vehicles and different locations, how someone may drive their vehicle.
We have special modes for convertibles, for jeeps without the
doors on, and have really had to get deep into
what customers want for it to seamlessly integrate into their lives,
and that's probably been one of the most challenging parts.
(25:51):
The protecting vehicles from crime has not been as challenging
as really integrating seamlessly into your life so that all
that benefit you get when you're not in your car,
that the price that you pay in terms of what
you have to sacrifice for the experience.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
We can't impose too much on you for that.
Speaker 6 (26:06):
So that's taking some time to really get that dialed in,
but we're very happy before where that experience it is now.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
All right, We've got a lot more with David Mohler,
founder and CEO of Keep Technologies when we return on
teck it out. So let's stick with us. We'll be
right back.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Breaking down geek speak into street speak. Check it Out.
Closted by Mark Saltzman.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Welcome back everyone, you're listening to check it out. We're
chatting with David Mohler, founder and CEO of Keep Technologies.
We are learning about the AI driven car security solution
called Keep Car Alarm. All right, so I just want
to unpack some of this. It plugs into the OBD
port right, which is usually to the lower left of
the steering wheel. You said it requires a smartphone. Does
(26:59):
that mean that you need to leave your phone in
the car when you go, say, into a shopping mall
or something, because most people are going to want to
have their phone with them.
Speaker 6 (27:06):
Oh yeah, sorry, I missed a major part of what
we do. So a big part of how it works
is that it automatically arms and disarms. You give a
key fob that you put on your keys, and when
you walk away outside of a range that you get
to specify, it will automatically arm.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
You don't even have to.
Speaker 6 (27:22):
Remember to do it. Because see the challenges. A lot
of people leave their cars unlocked and they don't even
realize it. And some of the newer vehicles, the mirrors
will fold in when it's locked, and so the thieves
can just drive around and see which vehicles aren't locked,
and then they walk up, they open the door. You
may never know that they entered your vehicle. A lot
of times they don't leave a trace. And so the
(27:43):
way that our cellular works through the device is that's
what it uses to notify you if there's an event.
So you get notified in your smartphone. You don't have
to leave your smartphone looking vehicle. You can walk around
in the mall. You get notified if someone was creeping
or doing something weird near your vehicle. And we also
have GPS coordinates it verify that your vehicle is where
you left it.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
So I know you call this product a bodyguard for
your vehicle. So you've hinted at this earlier. There's cameras
that are in the car that are on this device
that's in the cup holder. And if so, what if
it's not pointing in the direction that someone's trying to
break in, like so you don't capture their face.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (28:19):
The camera that we have is it's the device itself
is a single embodiment and so it's.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
Sort of shaped like a larger cup so that things
can fit inside of it. You can still use it.
Speaker 6 (28:28):
And it has a camera that's in it that sits
flat and that camera's a fish eye lens, and so
we're able to get movement outside the windows as well
as inside the car. It was originally designed to really
optimize getting video of someone in the vehicle and optimize
for challenging light conditions where they're looking over they're peeking
around inside your vehicle. But we really don't see that happen.
(28:50):
We just see pictures or video rather of people outside
the vehicle because it deters them from entering. But it
does have a camera that they can take video to
send to you. But what we like to do in
what our customers love as the primary benefit is that
we get to prevent the crime before it happens, and
the thieves just move along. It's just not worth it
for them because there's another unprotected vehicle five feet ten
(29:11):
feet away and they just they go to that one. Now,
our goal is that with protecting enough vehicles and making
it hard enough across a broader area that the thieves
eventually have to go do something else, go get a job.
But it's going to take us some time before we
can have enough devices out.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
There that we're able to really impact that type of change.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Can you elaborate again on the deterrent light sound?
Speaker 6 (29:35):
So the deterrent is one hundred and twenty decible sound
that we drive and that sound, depending on the installation
of a vehicle outside of it, it's going to be
loud enough that you're very concerned you hear it. And
there's red lights LEDs that flash, so at night it
can be very menacing. We can detect our radar can
detect through the windows, and so it doesn't matter if
(29:56):
it's night or day. So as you approach it, the
deterrent it is you approach, you peek in the window
as you're casing the vehicle to decide if you want
to try to enter it, and then you hear this
very loud chirping noise and lights flashing, and you're very concerned,
and maybe you've seen one of our ads. You know
what it is, and you know, well, I've got a
limited amount of time before the vehicle owner notifies the
(30:17):
police and they've got video of me and GPS, so
I should probably get on out of this neighborhood because
the ruse is up if I know what that thing is.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
And with the GPS, I just want to be clear
to our listeners that if the vehicle is stolen, you're
able to trace it. This is what I was referring
to earlier about working with the authorities. Not broken into
steal your ramance or whatever, but they actually drive off
with your vehicle. Does keep Carl arm also help in
that respect?
Speaker 3 (30:42):
We do. We've got GPS inside of the device.
Speaker 6 (30:45):
I mean, we also function with backup batteries if it's unplugged.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
What's the AI part? Is it that it senses motion
around the vehicle and then you know, has the lights
and sounds to deter the would be thief.
Speaker 6 (30:57):
Yeah, you know what we're doing is we're doing some
pretty advanced things with some traditional sensors and we are
working with huge data sets to really discern what's meaningful.
Because if we just notified our customers of every time
there was any type of motion that was sent by
our radar or the camera, we're using a number of
very advanced algorithms to really decipher and determine what is
(31:21):
a true threat, and that's what we're going to provide
from a notification standpoint to our customers. And we're also
doing this with in a pretty advanced way because we
have very limited energy, so we can't use the same
technology that a you know, a ring camera can that's
plugged into your home system that's got always on Wi Fi.
(31:42):
We have to do it in a very novel way
on a device with very limited energy because we have
to conserve our energy so we don't impact your car battery.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
So that's that's that's part of what we what we utilize.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
Speaking of car battery, does your solution work with electric
vehicles as well only ice based cars?
Speaker 3 (32:02):
It does.
Speaker 6 (32:03):
We work with evs and hybrids, and we have a
number of special configuration settings so that it will perform
exactly as the EV or hybrid owner wants it to.
Speaker 2 (32:13):
Okay, great, we've got a couple of minutes left with
David Moeller from Keep Technologies. I'm going to ask him
about Shack Shaquill O'Neil when we return. He's a bit
of an ambassador for the brand. But before then, and
speaking of ambassador, I'm proud to be able to talk
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of solutions for game content creators, business professionals, students and
so on. All right, more on securing your car and
why Shack is involved when we return on tech it Out.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
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Speaker 2 (33:27):
Just a couple of minutes left with David Moehler from
Keep Technologies. He's the founder and CEO of this company
that has an AI driven car security solution. Tell us
about your partnership with Shaq Shaquille O'Neil.
Speaker 6 (33:42):
Sure, So he is our largest customer and number of
devices purchased and in physical stature.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
Yeah, I was gonna say yes.
Speaker 6 (33:50):
And he's been great to work with. He's been a
beta tester for almost two years. He has a variety
of vehicles, so we've been able to test in trucks, SUVs,
and some really fast cars. You know, people don't know this,
but he really enjoys consumer technology.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Oh yeah, I know, he's partnered with Epsen and some
other brands as well.
Speaker 6 (34:08):
Yeah, he loves testing technology and testing new things, and
so there's a really interesting perspective that he brings on
some trends and new capabilities that you wouldn't expect. And
he's also a really big car guy, so he's constantly
trading or upgrading vehicles.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
And then he's also a sheriff, right right. People may
not know that.
Speaker 6 (34:26):
So you've got this intersection of consumer electronics, vehicles, and crime,
and so it's really been great for us because he
brings such a unique intersection. And then you know, beyond that,
he's so recognizable but really for us, it's been it's
been enjoyable working with him as a beta tester because
his input has been very helpful. And he's also, you know,
(34:47):
for someone that has his level of celebrity, he still
really enjoys, I don't want to say, you know, interacting
with normal people, but he's not so disconnected from the
way his life was before he was, you know, an
absolute superstar. I think he's maintained a real level of
relatability and so he understands what a normal consumer wants.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
All right, David, as we wrap up, how much does
the Keep car alarm cost and where can we learn more?
Speaker 6 (35:17):
So the device costs two hundred nine to nine dollars
and it can be found on the Keep website, which
is just keep dot tech tech or on Amazon.
Speaker 2 (35:26):
Is there a subscription that's required as well?
Speaker 3 (35:30):
Yes, there is.
Speaker 6 (35:30):
Due to the cellular with our cellular, our cloud storage,
our real time notifications, and then you know, future firmware
updates as we expand the functionality. So it's ten dollars
a month or one hundred dollars a year for the subscription.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
All right, Keep dot tech pretty easy. Thank you so
much for carving out some time to chat. Appreciate it, David,
all the best.
Speaker 3 (35:51):
All right, thanks so much.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
On a related note, if you want to read my
article on easy ways to prevent car theft and secure
your vehicle, the article is in a publication called Zoomer
and again my name is Mark Saltzman. It was published
in May. You could just do a Google search or
Being search or what have you. My tips include parking
in your garage if you've got one out of site,
(36:14):
out of mind. If you own a lesser expensive vehicle,
authorities say that you should park that one behind your
priceier car or higher risk based on what thieves are stealing.
If that's in your garage, put your less expensive one
behind it so it's more difficult to steal it. Get
yourself a Faraday pouch to prevent unauthorized cellular access to
(36:36):
your keyfob signal when it's inside your home. They're not
expensive at all. Make sure you've got a car alarm
and maybe some extra locks like a wheel lock like
the club you can lock your obdport in your vehicle.
Install a GPS solution or at the very least some
kind of tracker like an air tag. Have a brightly
lit driveway with cameras that can act as a deterrent
(36:59):
or video evidence in the event of theft. But I
like when the lights automatically turn on those floodlights. Make
sure your dash cam has a parking mode so you
can be notified if someone is tampering with your vehicle
even when you're not in it. And for higher end vehicles,
consider retractable ballards on your driveway, budget permitting or gates
on your driveway. And here's a bonus tip. While we've
(37:21):
kept a vehicles registration and proof of insurance in our
car's glove compartment in case you know you're pulled over
or you get into a fender bender. Insurance companies and
law enforcement officials are now advising against this practice because
a stolen vehicle with your personal info can lead to
identity fraud. After all, criminals may not just stop it
stealing the vehicle itself. Plus, if your vehicle is stolen
(37:44):
in a public place like a parking lot somewhere, the
thieves now have your home address as well. If you
don't want to keep those papers in your wallet or
perse and a digital copy stored on your smartphone, at
least hide these documents in your vehicle somewhere. And on
a related note, you may have pre programmed your exact
home address into your car's mapping software, you know, as
part of your infotainment system. But remember, if someone steals
(38:07):
your car, the thief can simply top home and the
navigation unit will take them right to your home. So instead,
make your quote unquote home a nearby business, like I
don't know, a gas station or something. Anyhow, my full
article is at Everything zoomer dot com and just search
for my name, Mark Saltzman, mar C SA L t
(38:28):
z m an. Thank you so much for tuning in
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it out from Mexico City next week, but I'll likely
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other guests. But yeah, on that topic, let's talk about
what's on Top four today. I've got two guests lined
up for you on this week's new tech it Out. First,
it's barbecue season, grilling season, and so I'm going to
have a gentleman on in a moment from Barbecue pro Inc.
(04:38):
Who's going to share some barbecuing tips so you can
be the grill master on your street. We'll also talk tech,
after all, this is a show called tech it Out.
I'll ask him about those wireless meat thermometers, you know,
those Bluetooth probes. There's also a Wi Fi enabled smokers
and all that, So we're going to kick off teck
it out with that in a moment, and then after
(04:58):
that we're going to talk about car thefs with a
company called Keep Technology. It's a topic that I've covered
as a journalist, even recently, about three weeks ago, I
wrote a piece on ten ways to reduce the odds
of your car getting stolen. But we're going to talk
with David Moeller, who is the founder and CEO of
Keep Technologies, billed as an AI driven car security solution.
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So we're going to hear how that works and what
makes it unique, all on a brand new tech it Out.
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new tech it out with our first interview. Now that
summer is here, he may be grilling more. I certainly am,
(05:43):
although I admit I'm in all year round griller, even
in the snow. Actually, but we're going to chat today
about extending the life of your barbecue, tech tools that
might give you an edge, and what to look for
in a new grill if you're in the market for one.
We're joined on the line by Charles Monroe, founder and
CEO of Barbecue Pro Inc. Welcome to the show, Charles,
good to chat with you.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
It's great to be here. Thanks for having me Mark.
So let's talk barbecue.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Yeah, let's talk. My wife's the chef or the cook
in our home, but I'm the grill master, or I
pretend to be. Certainly I can use some of the
tips that I know you're going to impart on on
our audience, So thanks for that. In advance to kick
things off, tell us a bit about the company Barbecue
Pro Inc.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
So Barbecue Pro, Inc. We're a leader in our industry.
I started the company twenty years ago. I like to
tell people I was working with animals, but the truth
is I was working at a butcher store kind of
the same thing. So I started this cleaning company on
the side, starting to clean people's barbecues, and twenty years
later we now clean close to ten thousand barbecues per year.
And we don't just clean them, we refurbish them, we
(06:44):
repair them, we run we're licensed gas companies, we're running
gas lines. We've transformed into working on gas fireplaces and
fire pits, basically anything gas. But like the name says, primarily,
we're barbecue pro inc.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
And I could use your help, admitted. When you know,
there's like fat that drips off of the meat that
I'm cooking, whether it's a steak or whatever, ribs or chicken.
I don't always remove the grills later after it's cooled
and clean the burners underneath and stuff like that or
whatever they're called. I don't even know. I'm terrible at that,
So I definitely need your help. I know you're going
to share some maintenance tips with us. This is a
(07:19):
tech show, though, so at some point, Charles, I would
love to pick your brain about wireless thermometers, those bluetooth
probes and maybe Wi Fi grills, But let's first chat
about tips to keeping your barbecue performing. Well, that is
your expertise.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
You know, the main thing with a grill, and hopefully
most people have realized now the quality is important when
purchasing or owning one. But when you cook on your
frying pan, whether it be a cast iron, stainless steel,
or whatever it is. And don't get me wrong, we
don't use soap on our cast iron. Everyone knows that,
but you still clean it. So the average person will
clean their barbecue sometimes never if they're lucky, once a year.
(07:57):
What we always recommend is, if you are going to
do that once a year cleaning, take your time and
do it right. What the things that you want to
focus on. Don't worry about the grills. Of course, we
eat off of the grills. They're gross. What's the trick?
What's the importance? You take them? You give them a
good scrape, get some steel wool, give them a good scrape,
and I want you to just throw them in a
soapy bucket and put them to the side. They're these
(08:18):
little bars that we all have in our barbecue and
most people don't know what those are for. They think, well,
it deflects the grease from hitting the burner, and it
slows down flare ups. All of these are true, but
they create a radiant heat. And when you get into
the higher end barbecues, you'll see the design and engineering,
whether it be flavor bars or some have ceramic rods
(08:39):
or ceramic briquettes. What those are doing is they're evening
out your cooking surface. But they get dirty they cook,
So no matter what it is, when you have large
chunks that start building up on those bars, or ceramic
rods or whatever's underneath your grills, you've got to get
that off. Take a putty knife, scrape pit, scrub it
(09:01):
with your steel wool, throw it in the bucket. An
important step in maintaining your barbecue is of course emptying
your grease tray. Okay, so many people on most barbecue models,
the grease tray is something that they've designed to slide
out for easy access and maintenance. Some people don't even
know it comes out of their barbecue, so that's perfectly normal.
(09:23):
But take it out of your barbecue, scrape it, get
it as close to this deal as possible. Okay, when
you're done, if it's a bucket, if it doesn't have
a drain on it, like say you want a crown
verity or something like that. You can put a little
bit of water in the bottom of it. That's going
to stop some of the flare ups that you're having.
If it's got a drip pan and it kind of
angles down, just make sure it's clean. Okay. You can
(09:45):
actually do that really easily. It's about a if you've
got the putty knife and you keep it somewhere close
to the to the barbecue and you've got a garbage bag,
it'll take you to scrape out a grease pan maybe
two minutes. Okay, try and do that on a regular
basis in regards to the actual firebox. So that's the
basin of the barbecue, okay. And what we recommend is
(10:08):
always when you're doing your spring cleaning, you're going to
scrape that. You're going to get as much of the
large chunks off of it as possible. They're going to
fall into that magical grease tray I told you about.
You're going to pull it out, put them all into
the garbage. You're going to put that grease tray along
with your flavor bars and your grills soaking in the warm, hot,
soapy water, and you're going to take your steel wool
(10:29):
and you're going to scrub the entires inside of your barbecue.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
All right.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
You're going to rinse it with a hose and it
get dry. It's important not only for safety but for
operation that you're inspecting your burners, especially before the first use.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
And you've got a tip tied to the first lighting
of your barbecue, Charles, can you share that with us?
Speaker 4 (10:51):
What happens is over the years and depending on the
quality or the make of your barbecue, the burners have
these things on them called ports. Those are the little
holes the flames come out of. They will corrode over
time and people say, well, I used to get this
beautiful blue flame, and now I've got these big orange flames.
That's a mixture of two things. It's a mixture of
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the gas not releasing properly and the gas air mixture
that goes into that burner.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
A lot more with Charles Monroe, founder and CEO of
Barbecue Pro when we return on check.
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slash Security. We are chring with Charles Monroe. He's founder
and CEO of company called Barbecue pro Inc. We're getting
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tips on how to maintain your grill, and in a
moment we'll talk tech such as wireless probes, those bluetooth
meet thermometers. But first, Charles, before the break, you were
talking about cleaning the holes on the burners underneath the grill,
so please continue your thought.
Speaker 4 (13:02):
Make sure that all those little holes are clear. If
you can't get the burners out, just scrub them really well.
Make sure all your little holes are clear, and then
light it. Make sure that you're getting an even flame across.
You'll notice if you're not getting an even flame that
probably what's happened is when those ports is slightly clogged. Now,
if you're getting a big orange flame, then on the
bottom of a burner, there's a thing called an air shutter.
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You can't miss it. You look where that burner is
connected to the barbecue. There's a little screw. You adjust
that air shutter, and it's going to mix your gas
and oxygen levels, okay, because you can't have combustion. Gas
doesn't burn unless it mixes with air, and that's where
it happens in a burner. If you adjust those you
can actually adjust the size of your flame and what
kind of flame you're getting. I think is an opener
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to get the best out of your barbecue season. That's
an imperative step. Make sure your burners are working properly.
On that note mark one thing that's really important because
you don't want to start your first barbecue by starting
your barbecue on fire. Always check all the ass connections.
Get a cloth with some soap and water. Just soap them.
Make sure there's no bubbles, you've gotten no leaks when
you first light your barbecue. Make sure you're around to
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watch it heat up. If you get a backfire you're
not around, you're gonna melt everything behind.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
I did want to ask you about tech. This is
a show about technology. What's your take on these wireless
meat or bluetooth meat thermometers like a meter pro from
Traeger or an eye grill from Weber. What's your take
on these?
Speaker 4 (14:25):
They're fantastic. You know, it's we all like to think
that we're perfect cooks and we're chefs when we're out
there in front of the barbecue. But it's nice to have
the idea. And you know, these new thermometers they're not
telling you just your grilling time, but they're giving you
the resting time and everything right for the price point
and what they add to your grilling experience. I own two,
so I would recommend that everyone gets one.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
In my mind, you're supposed to keep the lid closed too,
so it's very helpful. What's the expression if you're looking
it ain't cooking right?
Speaker 4 (14:55):
Good one and that is one percent true and patients
is key. That's one we always say. Make sure you're
cooking before you're flipping.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
And a lot of these work with an app so
you can set your desired donness up front, like if
you like your steak, you know whatever medium, well, then
you know when it's time to flip your meat. It
gives you the temperature of inside because it's a probe
the inside of your meat, as well as the ambient temperature.
So it gives you a lot of data, which is
really great. So you can, you know, enjoy a cold
one with your friends while you while you're growing simultaneously.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
Well, not to mention, a lot of these apps are
offering you recipes to go along with your food, and
some of the recipes are absolutely great. You should try it.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Yeah, I know that Tragger app has a bunch of
recipes you can try. And speaking of Trigger, they're known
for their smokers, and I guess barbecues in one that
our Wi Fi enabled, so long as you can have
your internet, your wireless internet reached the backyard. And that's
the same ideas that you have an app so you
can start the barbecue while you're in your home and
then you can go out and smoke and keep an
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eye virtually on what you're cooking, even if you're not
in front of it.
Speaker 4 (15:55):
One hundred percent. It's a genius technology, especially for smoking.
Smoking is very very slow process, but there are key
important times while you're smoking. Well that means getting the temperature.
So to be able to have that technology in your pocket,
you can literally if it's cooking too fast, you can
turn the thing down from your phone. Yeah, that's wild.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
It is pretty well.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
It's come a long way in twenty years, I'll tell
you that much. And Trigger's doing a great job.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
If those listening are in the market to buy a
new grill, it seems like there's a lot of options
out there, right. There's the charcoal variety. We've talked about
gas based ones, there's the green Egg, there's like different brands,
there's different technologies. What do you recommend for those looking
to buy a barbecue for the first time. What are
some tips.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
Well, number one would be research to avoid big box stores.
Go to a company that specializes in selling barbecues. You
know this is what they do. And three you stick
with the names that you'd know when you trust. Now,
I don't want to give up on new companies. There's
companies like Alchemy and other ones that are out there
that are producing awesome material, but a brand of like Napoleon, Weber,
broil King, these are staples in barbecue society and all
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they do is make barbecues. If you're buying something like
a Queasin Art, but you can get a Queasin Art
microwave and a queensin Art toaster and a queens in
Art barbecue, they aren't really focusing on the engineering and
the design of that barbecue. Materials key as well. Mark
you know, it's important that if you're getting a cast barbecue,
the thickness of it, try to avoid as much enamel
as you can because if it scratches, it rusts stainless
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steel grills as far as we're concerned, our key they
can outlive the barbecue, but the material is key.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
And then finally, where can our listeners learn more about
Barbecue Pro, Inc.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
The best bet is to visit our website. You can
contact us. Our website is www dot barbecuepro dot com.
Now we spell that out B A R B E
q U E p r O dot com. And we
love talking barbecue. So there's never a time that you
can't send us a text message, give us a call,
shoot us an email. We have a whole office staff.
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Just wait and answer any question you have and we
love to help. All Right.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Awesome, Charles, great to chat with you, really informative. I
appreciate your time. Thank you again.
Speaker 3 (17:59):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
I am an all year round griller. Even when there's snow,
I don't care. I'll shovel a path if I need to.
All Right, when we return on tech it Out, we're
going to chat about car theft and how technology may
be able to help curb them. We'll be right back.
Stick with us.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Want to follow Mark Google, Mark with a C and
Saltzman with a Z. Breaking down geeks beak into street speak.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
This is check it out.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
Check it out with.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Technology columnist, author, and TV personality Mark Saltzman.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Welcome back to check it Out. It's something we hear
about more and more these days vehicle theft. In fact,
I just wrote an article about it. It was a
piece on ten suggestions to reduce the odds of your car, trucker,
suv from being stolen, whether you're at home or on
the go. And so I'm thrilled to have on the
show now serial tech entrepreneur David Mohler, who's also the
(19:02):
founder and CEO of Keep Technologies, billed as an AI
driven car security solution. Welcome to the show, David, good
to talk to you.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Sure, thanks so much for having us.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Before we talk about the solution, let's identify the problem.
As I mentioned off the top, car theF seems to
be out of hand these days. What do the numbers
tell us?
Speaker 6 (19:20):
Though the numbers are, they're really saddening. Automobiles have been
the number one destination for larceny theft every year for
the last forty years. So we're talking the top category
against other categories like stealing from a building or pocket
picking or perse snatching. So it has been the unfortunate,
undisputed champion for where thieves.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
Want to go for the last forty years.
Speaker 6 (19:45):
And vehicle crime in the US exceeds ten billion dollars
annually people end up paying are all the citizens because
the insurance premiums for your cars just keep increasing. And
then there's also another hidden payment, which is that vehicle
crime is the first crime that a lot of youth
get involved in because it's so easy, and then it
really just spirals downhill from there.
Speaker 3 (20:06):
Around the pandemic.
Speaker 6 (20:08):
They're over a million car stolen in twenty twenty two
and twenty twenty three, and that was due to the
Kia Boys, and you know, just in the name, you
can see that the youth are.
Speaker 3 (20:16):
Involved in it.
Speaker 6 (20:17):
And while that loophole got closed by Kia with firmware.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Updates, the ease.
Speaker 6 (20:24):
Of breaking into a car, or whether you're going to
steal it for a joy ride or just breaking into
it in general, still remains a massive problem, and that's
very underreported in the police data in the United States.
If you ask anyone who's had their car rifled through,
you say did you call the police? And oftentimes people say, well,
I didn't call the police because they didn't take anything,
or they only.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
Took some sunglasses.
Speaker 6 (20:45):
So the numbers we have for car break ins in
the US is over a million a year reported, but
our estimates that it's much higher, and it's around twenty
to forty million break ins per year, and that people
are just very embarrassed and don't talk about it. So
if you look at the the problem as a whole,
you've got vehicle theft, you've got theft of things on
vehicles like rims or catalytic converters, then you've got break
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hands themselves. You know, it's a massive problem, and it
really hasn't gone anywhere.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
And you know, with all.
Speaker 6 (21:13):
The innovation that automakers have brought out, it's actually increased
car thefts because with Keela's entry, fifty percent of car
stolen have the keys left in them.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
So it's a massive problem.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
It's a massive problem in the United States, in Canada
as well, Mexico, really around around the world.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
Thanks for that, David, Yeah, very discouraging. And also when
it comes to break in on cars, when they steal
something inside the vehicle. I know that in parts of
the US, and if I'm not mistaken, like in the
Bay Area in particular, it's like a misdemeanor now, right,
So there's really no punishment to that. When I guess,
is it that the cops can't just keep up with
how often this is happening and they want to prioritize
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their efforts elsewhere.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
Yeah, and it's really tough on the Bay Area.
Speaker 6 (21:55):
Even when the police do arrest someone, they take them
in and then you've got a district attorney who tries
the case and he will potentially release that person for
time served. And you have criminals who are on the
streets who've broken into dozens of cars, and when those
incidents are treated separately and not as a whole, then
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they remain below that nine hundred and fifty dollars. Well,
I think they're trying to do some things to change it,
and there's been some transition with the district attorney. But
it's a really challenging problem because you can have police
who are trying to enforce and then if the criminals
are just turned around and released the next day, then
you know, how do you affect any change. So it
really has to be a united effort, not just with
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the enforcement but also with the judicial.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
Thanks for that, David. So let's now hear about keep
technologies and what your solution is. Exactly sure.
Speaker 6 (22:46):
So our solution allows anyone with a cup holder and
their car and a smartphone to protect their vehicle.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Can you elaborate? Can you tell us how it works?
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Absolutely?
Speaker 2 (22:57):
You've piqued my curiosity here, but I need some info.
Speaker 6 (23:01):
So we wanted to build a solution that anyone could use.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
And what I mean by anyone.
Speaker 6 (23:07):
Is someone could have a Kia, someone could have a
range Rover, someone could have a large truck, a small truck. Really,
we wanted to allow anyone who has a vehicle who
wants to protect it to be able to protect it
with the caveat that they need to have a smartphone,
and so we tried to design a device that would
be as compatible with as many vehicles on the road,
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and it is installed by the vehicle owner themselves. It
goes into your cup holder and you just twist and
it has legs that expand and then it anchors, and
then you plug it into a port that's standard on
all cars since nineteen ninety six, and that's where it
gets its power, and then it does some really cool
magical things. It has radar inside of it that detects
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motion outside of your vehicle, and it's really scary for
a thief when they.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Approach a vehicle that's very quiet and nothing's going on.
And then they get closer and it makes a noise
at them and it flashes lights. They have no idea
how it detected them, but it's responding to them. It's
very eerie and it's.
Speaker 6 (24:08):
Very disturbing and dis settling, and they move on to
the next car.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
They don't enter, they don't open the door.
Speaker 6 (24:15):
So, in addition to sensing motion outside, we have ways
of sensing if there's motion inside of the vehicle. We
really don't have to use those sensors because there's just
so many unprotected vehicles. When our device is in a vehicle,
the thieves just go to the next one. But we
do take that video. We transmit it over cellular. Our
device has its own cellular connection so that you, the owner,
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get notified through the mobile app that's on your own smartphone,
and you get.
Speaker 3 (24:40):
Notified with a video.
Speaker 6 (24:42):
You also get notified if someone enters your vehicle, but
we don't have really any of those videos to show.
We only have videos of someone approaching, and we call
it a near miss, where someone walks up to your
vehicle and they walk away, so you have video of
that happening. And then something that's really important that we
do is we let our caustomers define the threshold for
when they want to be notified, so we'll always deter
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if there's what we can consider some amount of motion
that is concerning to us. But you get to set
the threshold for when you get a video, because maybe
you park in an area where there are people constantly
walking by your car and you don't want to be
notified of all those videos. So we found it's very
important for the customer experience to let our customers really
customize how the device behaves and how it interfaces with them.
(25:30):
So we've spent a lot of time over the years
just really diving into the specific user experience for different
vehicles and different locations, how someone may drive their vehicle.
We have special modes for convertibles, for jeeps without the
doors on, and have really had to get deep into
what customers want for it to seamlessly integrate into their lives,
and that's probably been one of the most challenging parts.
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The protecting vehicles from crime has not been as challenging
as really integrating seamlessly into your life so that all
that benefit you get when you're not in your car,
that the price that you pay in terms of what
you have to sacrifice for the experience.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
We can't impose too much on you for that.
Speaker 6 (26:06):
So that's taking some time to really get that dialed in,
but we're very happy before where that experience it is now.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
All right, We've got a lot more with David Mohler,
founder and CEO of Keep Technologies when we return on
teck it out. So let's stick with us. We'll be
right back.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Breaking down geek speak into street speak. Check it Out.
Closted by Mark Saltzman.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Welcome back everyone, you're listening to check it out. We're
chatting with David Mohler, founder and CEO of Keep Technologies.
We are learning about the AI driven car security solution
called Keep Car Alarm. All right, so I just want
to unpack some of this. It plugs into the OBD
port right, which is usually to the lower left of
the steering wheel. You said it requires a smartphone. Does
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that mean that you need to leave your phone in
the car when you go, say, into a shopping mall
or something, because most people are going to want to
have their phone with them.
Speaker 6 (27:06):
Oh yeah, sorry, I missed a major part of what
we do. So a big part of how it works
is that it automatically arms and disarms. You give a
key fob that you put on your keys, and when
you walk away outside of a range that you get
to specify, it will automatically arm.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
You don't even have to.
Speaker 6 (27:22):
Remember to do it. Because see the challenges. A lot
of people leave their cars unlocked and they don't even
realize it. And some of the newer vehicles, the mirrors
will fold in when it's locked, and so the thieves
can just drive around and see which vehicles aren't locked,
and then they walk up, they open the door. You
may never know that they entered your vehicle. A lot
of times they don't leave a trace. And so the
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way that our cellular works through the device is that's
what it uses to notify you if there's an event.
So you get notified in your smartphone. You don't have
to leave your smartphone looking vehicle. You can walk around
in the mall. You get notified if someone was creeping
or doing something weird near your vehicle. And we also
have GPS coordinates it verify that your vehicle is where
you left it.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
So I know you call this product a bodyguard for
your vehicle. So you've hinted at this earlier. There's cameras
that are in the car that are on this device
that's in the cup holder. And if so, what if
it's not pointing in the direction that someone's trying to
break in, like so you don't capture their face.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (28:19):
The camera that we have is it's the device itself
is a single embodiment and so it's.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
Sort of shaped like a larger cup so that things
can fit inside of it. You can still use it.
Speaker 6 (28:28):
And it has a camera that's in it that sits
flat and that camera's a fish eye lens, and so
we're able to get movement outside the windows as well
as inside the car. It was originally designed to really
optimize getting video of someone in the vehicle and optimize
for challenging light conditions where they're looking over they're peeking
around inside your vehicle. But we really don't see that happen.
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We just see pictures or video rather of people outside
the vehicle because it deters them from entering. But it
does have a camera that they can take video to
send to you. But what we like to do in
what our customers love as the primary benefit is that
we get to prevent the crime before it happens, and
the thieves just move along. It's just not worth it
for them because there's another unprotected vehicle five feet ten
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feet away and they just they go to that one. Now,
our goal is that with protecting enough vehicles and making
it hard enough across a broader area that the thieves
eventually have to go do something else, go get a job.
But it's going to take us some time before we
can have enough devices out.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
There that we're able to really impact that type of change.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Can you elaborate again on the deterrent light sound?
Speaker 6 (29:35):
So the deterrent is one hundred and twenty decible sound
that we drive and that sound, depending on the installation
of a vehicle outside of it, it's going to be
loud enough that you're very concerned you hear it. And
there's red lights LEDs that flash, so at night it
can be very menacing. We can detect our radar can
detect through the windows, and so it doesn't matter if
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it's night or day. So as you approach it, the
deterrent it is you approach, you peek in the window
as you're casing the vehicle to decide if you want
to try to enter it, and then you hear this
very loud chirping noise and lights flashing, and you're very concerned,
and maybe you've seen one of our ads. You know
what it is, and you know, well, I've got a
limited amount of time before the vehicle owner notifies the
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police and they've got video of me and GPS, so
I should probably get on out of this neighborhood because
the ruse is up if I know what that thing is.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
And with the GPS, I just want to be clear
to our listeners that if the vehicle is stolen, you're
able to trace it. This is what I was referring
to earlier about working with the authorities. Not broken into
steal your ramance or whatever, but they actually drive off
with your vehicle. Does keep Carl arm also help in
that respect?
Speaker 3 (30:42):
We do. We've got GPS inside of the device.
Speaker 6 (30:45):
I mean, we also function with backup batteries if it's unplugged.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
What's the AI part? Is it that it senses motion
around the vehicle and then you know, has the lights
and sounds to deter the would be thief.
Speaker 6 (30:57):
Yeah, you know what we're doing is we're doing some
pretty advanced things with some traditional sensors and we are
working with huge data sets to really discern what's meaningful.
Because if we just notified our customers of every time
there was any type of motion that was sent by
our radar or the camera, we're using a number of
very advanced algorithms to really decipher and determine what is
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a true threat, and that's what we're going to provide
from a notification standpoint to our customers. And we're also
doing this with in a pretty advanced way because we
have very limited energy, so we can't use the same
technology that a you know, a ring camera can that's
plugged into your home system that's got always on Wi Fi.
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We have to do it in a very novel way
on a device with very limited energy because we have
to conserve our energy so we don't impact your car battery.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
So that's that's that's part of what we what we utilize.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
Speaking of car battery, does your solution work with electric
vehicles as well only ice based cars?
Speaker 3 (32:02):
It does.
Speaker 6 (32:03):
We work with evs and hybrids, and we have a
number of special configuration settings so that it will perform
exactly as the EV or hybrid owner wants it to.
Speaker 2 (32:13):
Okay, great, we've got a couple of minutes left with
David Moeller from Keep Technologies. I'm going to ask him
about Shack Shaquill O'Neil when we return. He's a bit
of an ambassador for the brand. But before then, and
speaking of ambassador, I'm proud to be able to talk
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of solutions for game content creators, business professionals, students and
so on. All right, more on securing your car and
why Shack is involved when we return on tech it Out.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
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to check it out whenever you want.
Speaker 2 (33:27):
Just a couple of minutes left with David Moehler from
Keep Technologies. He's the founder and CEO of this company
that has an AI driven car security solution. Tell us
about your partnership with Shaq Shaquille O'Neil.
Speaker 6 (33:42):
Sure, So he is our largest customer and number of
devices purchased and in physical stature.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
Yeah, I was gonna say yes.
Speaker 6 (33:50):
And he's been great to work with. He's been a
beta tester for almost two years. He has a variety
of vehicles, so we've been able to test in trucks, SUVs,
and some really fast cars. You know, people don't know this,
but he really enjoys consumer technology.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Oh yeah, I know, he's partnered with Epsen and some
other brands as well.
Speaker 6 (34:08):
Yeah, he loves testing technology and testing new things, and
so there's a really interesting perspective that he brings on
some trends and new capabilities that you wouldn't expect. And
he's also a really big car guy, so he's constantly
trading or upgrading vehicles.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
And then he's also a sheriff, right right. People may
not know that.
Speaker 6 (34:26):
So you've got this intersection of consumer electronics, vehicles, and crime,
and so it's really been great for us because he
brings such a unique intersection. And then you know, beyond that,
he's so recognizable but really for us, it's been it's
been enjoyable working with him as a beta tester because
his input has been very helpful. And he's also, you know,
(34:47):
for someone that has his level of celebrity, he still
really enjoys, I don't want to say, you know, interacting
with normal people, but he's not so disconnected from the
way his life was before he was, you know, an
absolute superstar. I think he's maintained a real level of
relatability and so he understands what a normal consumer wants.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
All right, David, as we wrap up, how much does
the Keep car alarm cost and where can we learn more?
Speaker 6 (35:17):
So the device costs two hundred nine to nine dollars
and it can be found on the Keep website, which
is just keep dot tech tech or on Amazon.
Speaker 2 (35:26):
Is there a subscription that's required as well?
Speaker 3 (35:30):
Yes, there is.
Speaker 6 (35:30):
Due to the cellular with our cellular, our cloud storage,
our real time notifications, and then you know, future firmware
updates as we expand the functionality. So it's ten dollars
a month or one hundred dollars a year for the subscription.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
All right, Keep dot tech pretty easy. Thank you so
much for carving out some time to chat. Appreciate it, David,
all the best.
Speaker 3 (35:51):
All right, thanks so much.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
On a related note, if you want to read my
article on easy ways to prevent car theft and secure
your vehicle, the article is in a publication called Zoomer
and again my name is Mark Saltzman. It was published
in May. You could just do a Google search or
Being search or what have you. My tips include parking
in your garage if you've got one out of site,
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out of mind. If you own a lesser expensive vehicle,
authorities say that you should park that one behind your
priceier car or higher risk based on what thieves are stealing.
If that's in your garage, put your less expensive one
behind it so it's more difficult to steal it. Get
yourself a Faraday pouch to prevent unauthorized cellular access to
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your keyfob signal when it's inside your home. They're not
expensive at all. Make sure you've got a car alarm
and maybe some extra locks like a wheel lock like
the club you can lock your obdport in your vehicle.
Install a GPS solution or at the very least some
kind of tracker like an air tag. Have a brightly
lit driveway with cameras that can act as a deterrent
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or video evidence in the event of theft. But I
like when the lights automatically turn on those floodlights. Make
sure your dash cam has a parking mode so you
can be notified if someone is tampering with your vehicle
even when you're not in it. And for higher end vehicles,
consider retractable ballards on your driveway, budget permitting or gates
on your driveway. And here's a bonus tip. While we've
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kept a vehicles registration and proof of insurance in our
car's glove compartment in case you know you're pulled over
or you get into a fender bender. Insurance companies and
law enforcement officials are now advising against this practice because
a stolen vehicle with your personal info can lead to
identity fraud. After all, criminals may not just stop it
stealing the vehicle itself. Plus, if your vehicle is stolen
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in a public place like a parking lot somewhere, the
thieves now have your home address as well. If you
don't want to keep those papers in your wallet or
perse and a digital copy stored on your smartphone, at
least hide these documents in your vehicle somewhere. And on
a related note, you may have pre programmed your exact
home address into your car's mapping software, you know, as
part of your infotainment system. But remember, if someone steals
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your car, the thief can simply top home and the
navigation unit will take them right to your home. So instead,
make your quote unquote home a nearby business, like I
don't know, a gas station or something. Anyhow, my full
article is at Everything zoomer dot com and just search
for my name, Mark Saltzman, mar C SA L t
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z m an. Thank you so much for tuning in
too tech it out this week. Hope you enjoyed the program.
A huge thank you to Visa, the title sponsor on
this show. Head over to Visa dot com slash security
to read all about its anti fraud efforts and there
are many to keep your information safe when you're shopping
Visa dot com slash Security. Hey, I hope you all
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have a fantastic week ahead. I'll be producing next week's
show from Mexico City, my first time there, attending a
new tech convention, so I look forward to chatting with
you about what's new from there, topics and guess when
tack it Out returns next week, all the best everone
Chout for now,
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