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    Pre-purchase question...is this a sane plan?

    Hi Folks,

    Currently my temp controller is the Mk1 grubby paw, manually adjusting the vents on my WSM (or Weber Kettle). Currently my wireless thermometers are a pair of two-probe Thermo-pro's...I forget the numbers...maybe 20 and 8? Anyway, one has one "low temp" alarm, and the rest are high temp only.

    I've recently started doing cooks where I wish I had better...more probes, or at least fewer remotes to haul about. I've also started to think about a therm controller, to let me cook on nights where I actually care if I get woken up by a thermal strangeness.

    So...I've done some research, but wanted to reach out pre-purchase to see if y'all have better ideas, or bad experiences with what I'm looking at.

    I'm considering buying (in stages), first a fireboard, and its case, to solve the thermometer issue. Then its controller cable, and a pit viper + mounting kit for my WSM.

    Is this a reasonable plan? My use-case is general backyard BBQ, with occasional requests to support this or that function, but I'm neither a competitor nor a caterer.

    Thanks ahead!
    Andy

    #2
    Sounds like a good plan to me, and I don't think you will be disappointed! If I hadn't started with a Thermoworks Smoke I probably would have gotten a Fireboard. Now I have the Smoke, Smoke Gateway (wifi) and a PartyQ. The Fireboard and Pit Viper would replace all that.

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    • Driverdan
      Driverdan commented
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      My plan also, to move from DigiQ/viper to Fireboard/Viper

    #3
    Are you really asking us if that is a good plan? We think you should get a Fireboard with a Pit Viper fan, back that up with a Maverick XR-50, and while you are at it get a stick burner and a pellet grill. And a gasser.

    Actually, that sounds good. I have the partyq and a XR50, but I want a fireboard when I grow up.

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    • ofelles
      ofelles commented
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      Hey klflowers cut he guy some slack 😁😃
      You know that stuff will come along! Let him ease into it maybe. Just sayn'

    • klflowers
      klflowers commented
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      ofelles, MCS shows no mercy

    • ofelles
      ofelles commented
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      klflowers don't I know it!

    #4
    Since when is adding BBQ Equipment NOT sane??

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      #5
      Excuse my ignorance but what is a pit viper? Have tried to find it everywhere.

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