Large Big Green Egg, Weber Performer Deluxe, Weber Smokey Joe Silver, Fireboard Drive, 3 DigiQs, lots of Thermapens, and too much other stuff to mention.
Bummer that it happened while I was trying to get some ribs on the kettle.
I couldn’t get it up to temp. And I couldn’t feel any air movement, or see the smoke move at the vent. The dips in the graph are from the lid opening while I torched the briquettes; the spike was when I added another full chimney of briqs, then reassembled.
I fired up the BGE. I’m not sure if I can get a replacement fan, though. And I really like this thing. It’s better for ribs than the BGE, IMO.
Mosca When I took the plate off of my ring to check the length of the cable, it sure looks like a standard smoker probe with the 1/2 inch NPT. Check yours and the Fireboard website.
Large Big Green Egg, Weber Performer Deluxe, Weber Smokey Joe Silver, Fireboard Drive, 3 DigiQs, lots of Thermapens, and too much other stuff to mention.
I took it apart and took a photo of the back of the fan. It’s a pretty standard looking part. But all the replacement fans I’ve found (so far) have a slightly different model number, and are rated either 0.15A or 0.25A.
They’re cheap as hell, $1.50 on AliBaba, or I could have one here tomorrow from Amazon for $6.99 with free shipping. I’m not cooking anything on the Ring in the next few days, so I’ll keep poking until I find the right one.
Right, using a fan with less draw will work better. It's just a simple 12V computer fan - but, if you want I can reach out to someone at Fireboard and see if they have a spare fan they can send you?
Lonestar Grillz 24x36 offset smoker, grill, w/ main chamber charcoal grate and 3 tel-tru thermometers - left, right and center
Yoke Up custom charcoal basket and a Grill Wraps cover.
22.5 copper kettle w/ SnS, DnG, BBQ vortex, gasket and stainless steel hinge kit.
Napoleon gas grill (soon to go bye bye) rotting out.
1 maverick et-733 digital thermometer - black
1 maverick et-733 - gray
1 new standard grilling remote digital thermometer
1 thermoworks thermopen mk4 - red
1 thermoworks thermopop - red
Pre Miala flavor injector
taylor digital scale
TSM meat grinder
chefs choice food slicer
cuisinhart food processor
food saver vacuum sealer
TSM harvest food dehydrator
So far I haven't experienced any problems with the Ring. Everything works as it's supposed to. I also "really like this thing" and hope you get the fan problem solved.
If not cooking outdoors, I am cooking on the stovetop with my 14" carbon steel wok, 12" CI skillet, or in the oven with my two Lodge CI pizza pans, or two dutch ovens. I've also got a nifty Lodge carbon steel grill pan that rocks for veggies outdoors.
Is this a fan, or a blower type unit? When I search the P/N on that fan I came up with this page, of what look like little blowers, not just a computer fan:
Yeah it shouldn't be difficult to find something simple that will work. I think this is probably just a simple computer fan, albeit maybe a thicker one with better static pressure. I actually have some units I bought a few years ago that are insane, I was planning on using for a project, VERY good static pressure for a fan-style instead of a squirrel cage or blower unit. But the key is making sure it can be safely and easily driven by the Fireboard 2 Drive unit.
I've reached out to Byron at Fireboard, I'm sure he'll email me back with some more information today, he's pretty good about getting back to me.
Large Big Green Egg, Weber Performer Deluxe, Weber Smokey Joe Silver, Fireboard Drive, 3 DigiQs, lots of Thermapens, and too much other stuff to mention.
Just to make sure it’s the fan, I hooked up a spare Pit Viper. That worked fine, so it’s either the fan or the connector. I’ll spray some contact cleaner into the connector and work that a little bit. Because, y’know?
Spinaker The only thing I see is that the Ring has to move the air farther and through a larger channel before it enters the cooking chamber. I’m not up on my fluid dynamics, so I’m not sure if there is any factor that is important, like elasticity or compressibility. But it’s not like I need to have this fixed in the next 20 minutes; I have no plans for any long cooks in the next couple weeks, and the BGE if anything comes up.
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