Mrs C
New member
Hey All,
We have a 4D and yesterday while trying to make venison Jerky it would not control the temp. I had set it to 165 degrees, but the temp kept rising. It has always been spot on before so thought maybe a wood problem so we removed all the wood, made sure the wood box was seated properly and the lid was closed and it still kept going up to the point we started opening the door to cool it down. We are going to clean the inside temp probe and other than that does anyone have any other ideas. Also when and why would you ever need to auto tune and when and why would you ever need to reset the PID controller? I love the smoker, but the manual just does not give enough detail on when and why. I read the FAQ and other than making sure the probe was clean and not touching any metal I saw no info on a rising temp. I believe I programed it properly and just last week it worked fine using the preprogrammed P-1 setting. We had four racks of Jerky that we placed on Parchment Paper that left a one inch gap on each side of the racks. I doubt if this would cause the temp to rise as I smoke pork butts on metal cookie sheets all the time without any problems. Would a dirty probe make the temp rise? I could see a dirty probe making the temp not rise. If I have to do a factory rest to the PID will it erase all of the 8 preprogramed options that came installed on the smoker or just the ones I made? It's possible I programed C-1 and failed to record it and forgot about it, but how do I check to see if I did and if so how do I remove it? Please let me know your tips or where to start. Thanks!
We have a 4D and yesterday while trying to make venison Jerky it would not control the temp. I had set it to 165 degrees, but the temp kept rising. It has always been spot on before so thought maybe a wood problem so we removed all the wood, made sure the wood box was seated properly and the lid was closed and it still kept going up to the point we started opening the door to cool it down. We are going to clean the inside temp probe and other than that does anyone have any other ideas. Also when and why would you ever need to auto tune and when and why would you ever need to reset the PID controller? I love the smoker, but the manual just does not give enough detail on when and why. I read the FAQ and other than making sure the probe was clean and not touching any metal I saw no info on a rising temp. I believe I programed it properly and just last week it worked fine using the preprogrammed P-1 setting. We had four racks of Jerky that we placed on Parchment Paper that left a one inch gap on each side of the racks. I doubt if this would cause the temp to rise as I smoke pork butts on metal cookie sheets all the time without any problems. Would a dirty probe make the temp rise? I could see a dirty probe making the temp not rise. If I have to do a factory rest to the PID will it erase all of the 8 preprogramed options that came installed on the smoker or just the ones I made? It's possible I programed C-1 and failed to record it and forgot about it, but how do I check to see if I did and if so how do I remove it? Please let me know your tips or where to start. Thanks!