Has anyone had any experience with the device called Tip Top Temp controller? It is a thing that sits on the upper vent on a kettle grill and should controll the airflow to maintain temperature. It is realitivly cheap compared to other airflow control devices. But does it work? As it sits on the top vents and you have the lower vents closed I have my doubts.
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Has anyone had any experience with the device called Tip Top Temp controller? It is a thing that sits on the upper vent on a kettle grill and should controll the airflow to maintain temperature. It is realitivly cheap compared to other airflow control devices. But does it work? As it sits on the top vents and you have the lower vents closed I have my doubts.Tags: None
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I seen that a few months ago, made by Maverick? Seems pretty nifty, if it works. You couldn't run it with lower vents closed, you'd have to find a happy medium for the lower vents.
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Honestly the partyQ I got last year never gets used anymore. WSM and kettles are pretty stable without them IMHO. Now with a Slow n Sear its even better.
​edit: okay Bie and Huskee
I couldn't stand it. For the sake of testing this. I have one on the way... [kickin the dirt, disgusted with self]Last edited by Jon Solberg; June 15, 2015, 10:54 AM.
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Order one Monday. Got it today. I'll do a review this weekend on a WSM and a Smokey Joes or something. Stand by for news.
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I'm no hero my friend. I cant even get my head around the instructions. hehehehehe
"The Tip Top Temp damper coil has a Deflection rate : 38 ° C â€" 300 °C (100° Fâ€"600° F) or about 0.346 angular degrees per
degree C. Once in operation..." :0
Alrighty then!Last edited by Jon Solberg; June 17, 2015, 03:32 PM.
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I had a second to throw the Tip Top on something to do a fast check. I opened it up to about 110 degrees angular which turned out to be about 280°f with the temp at test time. I need another test or two but so far this thing is doing what they say it would.
Shipping was great.
Its not fancy but after the first run I feel confident in it.
Stand by for an update.
Last edited by Jon Solberg; June 22, 2015, 01:24 PM.
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Bie Sorry I missed your question Bie. I dont use vents to get the probe into the cooker. I drill holes in them to run the cables.
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I'm thinking this might be just the solution I'm looking for! When doing 12-18 hour overnight cooks I want to get more sleep and really only need something to manage the temp for 6-7 hours - I don't really need a full blown controller because I can manage my 18" WSM pretty good with vents alone.
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It will differently stop temp climb. WSM is a pretty stable platform already. I think they tend to lose temp on long cooks as opposed to gain. I cant go as far as to say it would help BUT for the price its well worth messing with.
Like I said I would not call it a controller. Its just a limiter.
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The WSM does tend to loose temps, especially as the ambient temp drops overnight. I'm thinking if one were to use this on a WSM it would probably work to get it stable, then open the vents slightly before attaching this on top, That way it would give the device some threshold to go up or down....to lower or raise the temp.
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