I’ve been smoking on a PBC for nearly 10 years and have been wanting to get a nice electric for quite a while so I can have better and lower temp control. I got my #3 a couple days ago, put the wheels on, cleaned out all the Styrofoam buggers, and fired it up for a burn in according to the instructions. I have a Thermoworks Smoke and dropped the probe in through the smoke hold about 8” down to see how the temp held. It runs hot. Once it got up to 250, it ranged from 246-342 during the 6 hours I left it on.
I don’t know if it being empty for the break in was a contributing factor or if the probe dangling as opposed to being vertical and attached to a rack has an effect, or if the rheostat is part of the problem. I suppose I can live with a temp swing of 96 degrees as long as I can figure out where to set the knob so my desired temp in in the middle of the swing. Anybody got any ideas?
I don’t know if it being empty for the break in was a contributing factor or if the probe dangling as opposed to being vertical and attached to a rack has an effect, or if the rheostat is part of the problem. I suppose I can live with a temp swing of 96 degrees as long as I can figure out where to set the knob so my desired temp in in the middle of the swing. Anybody got any ideas?