Temperature Adjustment

[Dockmaster]

Hey Tony, I've been out of town for a while, but I like the advice of not wrapping the bricks in foil!  Thanks.  By the way, when I smoked the salt & pepper, I also had some cayenne pepper in there too.  The pepper was pretty good, salt so-so.  But the cayenne pepper turned out really good -- hot and real smokey.  Merry Christmas to All!!

 

[DivotMaker]

Sounds good, Steve!  Kind of like Chipotle Cayenne!   Merry Christmas!

 

[nolimitchips]

I've been having a lot of trouble getting my Auber to regulate temperature.  It never seems to get to 230.  It will approach that temperature, but never actually get there.  I've talked to Steve and the Auber unit does measure temperature correctly (212F with boiling water) so I'm not sure what's going on.  I thought I would look at increasing my SI2's temperature to 300F as many have mentioned can be done with changing the knob.  Once I've taken the knob off and looked at it, I'm not really sure how changing the top part of the temperature knob will make any difference.  Ultimately the metal shaft is what controls the temperature and it doesn't matter if the plastic part now looks like it's going past 250F, the metal part is still moving the same as it ever did.  I must be missing something.  Any thoughts?

Thanks,
MD

 

[DivotMaker]

I've been having a lot of trouble getting my Auber to regulate temperature.  It never seems to get to 230.  It will approach that temperature, but never actually get there.  I've talked to Steve and the Auber unit does measure temperature correctly (212F with boiling water) so I'm not sure what's going on.  I thought I would look at increasing my SI2's temperature to 300F as many have mentioned can be done with changing the knob.  Once I've taken the knob off and looked at it, I'm not really sure how changing the top part of the temperature knob will make any difference.  Ultimately the metal shaft is what controls the temperature and it doesn't matter if the plastic part now looks like it's going past 250F, the metal part is still moving the same as it ever did.  I must be missing something.  Any thoughts?

Thanks,
MD

NoLimit - Welcome!  Now that you've found us, head over to introductions and tell us about yourself.  Also, a first name and town in your signature line is really appreciated - and the standard - around here.

You're right - this adjustment has nothing to do with your issue.  Rather than getting into in this unrelated thread, please start a new topic under the Troubleshooting section.  Please give details about your model smoker, model of Auber, whether or not you have autotuned it, are you using extension cords, etc...  The more details you give, the better.  We will help you solve this - it's what we do!

I'll be looking for your new topic!

 

[SuperDave]

Has anyone done this successfully?  In following the instructions, in my case, it doesn't change the temperature at the dial setting.  It changes how far the dial will turn, i.e. from 360 degrees to something less depending on how far you turn the knurled piece.  Appreciate any feedback from someone that has done this. 

 

[tomd8]

Just to close the loop on the question above regarding do the instruction work I can say yes.  I just adjusted my #3 after I over spun the temp knob when shutting the smoker off causing it to come apart.  Following the instructions at the start of this thread and making sure I added a brick in the smoker for mass I was able to set the swing between 208 and 238 when the dial is set to 225deg.  I'll see how it performs and could tweek it up a bit if it appears things are a bit off.  BTW, I used small bits of tape (black and blue) to mark the extreme settings which I then adjusted between.

 

[old sarge]

I am sure those with an analog model will find your posting and your follow-up useful.

 

[BrianInOhio]

The increments on the knob are not at 5 degrees. What exactly are they supposed it be?

 

[old sarge]

The markings are more of an estimate than a perfect division.  If you need to tweak the controller, please see the first post in this section for instructions.