Thanksgiving Host Bot: dinner on time
Plans Thanksgiving dinner backwards from your serve time, with USDA turkey temps and times. Tell it your serve time, headcount and kitchen. It sizes the turkey and dates the thaw from USDA figures, fits every dish into your real oven and burners, builds the shopping list and who-brings-what, and rebuilds the plan when the turkey runs late or a dish fails. Works in the Grok Bot chat on your phone, tablet or computer.
One job: plan your Thanksgiving or Friendsgiving dinner backwards from serve time. Won't do: message your guests, buy groceries, or call a dish medically safe.
Choose a tier
Basic
$6.99 one-time- Bot prompt, knowledge file and setup guide (PDF)
- Backward timeline, turkey size and thaw start
- One-oven and burner schedule with conflict fixes
- Replans when the turkey runs late or a dish fails
- Shopping list by aisle, who-brings-what, diets, Friendsgiving mode
- Copy-ready plan block at the end of each chat
Plus
$12.99 one-time- Everything in Basic
- Phone reminders and alarms (thaw start, turkey in, leftover clock)
- Calendar events for thaw, shop day and serve time
- Routines you approve: thaw countdown, shop day, day-of milestones
- Memory of your dinner plan across chats
- 2 extra skill files (phone tools and memory)
Pro
$19.99 one-time- Everything in Plus
- Live Pages dinner tracker, updated with every change
- Voice recap and spoken day-of "what's next" cues
- Oven-rack board, printable shopping Page, leftover-days Page
- Advanced workflows and the full Grok Bot feature guide
- Page tracker skill and a blank tracker sheet
*Phone reminders and alarms need the Grok Bot app with a paired phone (tools that start with IOS need an iPhone); calendar events need a connected calendar. Without them the bot gives you copy-ready reminder text. Fixed one-time prices. Pay with card on Gumroad, where your download is delivered, or pay with SOL or X Money here, where your download link appears as soon as the payment is confirmed. All sales are final. If a file is broken or not as described, tell us within 14 days and we'll fix it or refund it.
Unofficial, not affiliated with USDA, FSIS, FoodSafety.gov, xAI or any AI company. Not medical, allergy or legal advice.
Sample output
You type: "Thanksgiving, serve at 3 PM Eastern, 10 people eating turkey, one oven, we want about 4 extra servings of leftovers."
The plan math it follows:
- Turkey: 10 people x 1 lb (USDA FSIS, Let's Talk Turkey) = 10 lb, plus 4 lb host leftover add-on (not a USDA figure) = 14 lb.
- Fridge thaw: 12 to 16 lb band = 3 to 4 days (USDA FSIS, Turkey Basics: Safe Thawing). Start Saturday, November 21: the long end (4 days) has it thawed by Wednesday, November 25, and cook day falls inside the official 1 to 2 day hold.
- Roast at 325 F: 14 to 18 lb unstuffed = 3 h 45 m to 4 h 15 m, approximate (Let's Talk Turkey).
- Turkey in: 10:25 AM ET. First thermometer check: 2:10 PM ET. Out at 165 F in thigh, wing and breast, aim 2:40 PM ET.
- 20-minute stand 2:40 PM ET to 3:00 PM ET: oven free for rolls and the stuffing casserole (165 F center).
- Serve: 3:00 PM ET. Leftovers in the fridge by 5:00 PM ET (2-hour rule).
Then it asks for your menu, one question at a time, and fits each side into the stand window, the stovetop or the microwave.
Sample output from our in-house test run on Nov 14 2026: a script that applies only the official tables in the kit's knowledge file to this example dinner. It is not a live AI chat. Times are approximate; a food thermometer decides when the turkey is done.
Why not a printable planner?
A static printable planner
- Fixed times that cannot move when the turkey is late
- Does not know your oven, burners or guest list
- You do the turkey and thaw math yourself
Thanksgiving Host Bot
- Rebuilds the plan when the turkey reads 150 F or the rolls burn
- Fits dishes to your real oven, racks and burners, and flags conflicts with fixes
- Turkey size, thaw and roast times from USDA tables, with the source named
What each tier includes
| Feature | Basic | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat planner: timeline, turkey size, thaw, oven schedule, replans, make-aheads, shopping list, who-brings-what, diets, Friendsgiving | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Copy-ready plan block in chat | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Memory of your dinner across chats | No | Yes | Yes |
| Phone reminders and alarms | No | Yes* | Yes* |
| Calendar events | No | Yes* | Yes* |
| Routines you approve | No | Yes | Yes |
| Live Pages dinner tracker | No | No | Yes |
| Voice recap and day-of spoken cues | No | No | Yes |
| Oven-rack board, printable shopping Page, leftover-days Page, guest note | No | No | Yes |
Every tier uses the same food-safety figures, the same quality bar and the same replan steps. Higher tiers add tools around the plan. The README in each zip lists every file in that tier.
Where the temperatures come from
For food-safety questions, check FoodSafety.gov or the USDA FSIS turkey pages, or call the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline. For allergies or medical diets, ask a licensed clinician.
- USDA FSIS, Let's Talk Turkey (A Consumer Guide to Safely Roasting a Turkey) (Last Updated Nov 17, 2023)
- USDA FSIS, Turkey Basics: Safe Thawing (Last Updated Oct 24, 2023)
- USDA FSIS, Your Safe Thanksgiving Guide (Last Updated Nov 05, 2026)
- USDA FSIS, Leftovers and Food Safety (Last Updated Jul 31, 2020)
- USDA FSIS, Stuffing and Food Safety (Last Updated Aug 02, 2013)
- FoodSafety.gov, Meat and Poultry Roasting Charts (Date Last Reviewed September 21, 2023)
- FoodSafety.gov, Cook to a Safe Minimum Internal Temperature (Date Last Reviewed November 21, 2024)
Pages opened and checked on Nov 14 2026. Key figures: oven no lower than 325 F; turkey done at 165 F in the innermost thigh, innermost wing and thickest part of the breast; stuffing 165 F; leftovers in the fridge within 2 hours (1 hour above 90 F); reheat leftovers to 165 F.
What to expect
Right after payment
Your order page shows a download link for your tier's zip once the payment is confirmed. Open the setup guide, paste the prompt into a new Grok Bot, add the knowledge file, and send your first message. About 5 minutes.
What you need
Grok Bot on a phone, tablet or computer. For Plus phone reminders and alarms, a paired phone (iPhone for tools that start with IOS). A food thermometer for the turkey.
What it won't do
- Message guests, post, buy or order anything
- Promise a plan will keep everyone safe, or clear a dish for an allergy
- Invent temperatures or times for frying or smoking; it points you to the USDA page or the Hotline
If a file is broken
All sales are final. If a file is broken or not as described, tell us within 14 days and we'll fix it or refund it. Email [email protected]. See the store's refund policy.
Trust details
- Reviews come only from verified buyers. No reviews yet.
- Data: how we handle your data. The bot runs in your own Grok Bot; we do not see your chats.
- Built by Late to AI, [email protected]
- Kit files dated Nov 14 2026. Official sources listed above with their page dates.
Questions
Does it work on Android or a computer?
Yes. The planner is chat-first and runs in the Grok Bot app or browser on any device. Only the Plus and Pro phone tools act on a paired phone, and tools that start with IOS need an iPhone.
What if my turkey is still frozen on Wednesday?
Tell the bot. It switches to the official cold-water thaw (about 30 minutes per pound, cook right after) or cooking from frozen (at least 50 percent longer), and rebuilds the day around it. It never suggests a counter thaw.
Can it plan a Friendsgiving or a small apartment kitchen?
Yes. Friendsgiving mode plans potluck assignments with gap and duplicate checks, and fits the menu to one oven, a toaster oven or no oven.
Is Basic enough?
Basic has the full planner and replans in chat and ends each chat with a copy-ready plan. Plus adds reminders, calendar events, routines and memory. Pro adds the live Pages tracker and voice.
