First time I used the CyberQ on the PBC, I couldn't get the unit connected to my network so I couldn't use all the bells and whistles, but the CyberQ unit itself has all the controls anyway. We had our best friends coming over and I wanted to do 2 racks of spareribs ala Aaron Franklin at 275°, and the unit performed well and the PBC never got above 325 ° before settling down again. When I checked the ribs at 2 hours, there was an inch and half of bone showing, so I pulled them, wrapped them in foil with Malcom Reed's Parkay, brown sugar and "honey for the money" technique and put 'em back on the grate in the PBC for another hour. Sauced 'em, put 'em back in the cooker for 20 minutes and the four of us devoured one whole rack. Here is where I explain that , except for my wife, who is 50, our guests were a husband and wife team who are 80 and 76, respectively, and I'm 74 and am 8 months past sleeve bypass surgery so I can eat exactly 1 rib and a couple of spoonfuls of the incredible potato salad that our guests brought over. The other rack made lunch and dinner for a couple of more days.
I called BBQ Guru to find out why I couldn't get the unit connected to our network and a woman who really knows her product gave me specific instructions as to how to do it. Most routers broadcast on a 2.4 and 5 GHz frequency. The CyberQ can only communicate on the 2.4 GHz band and so, if your router allows it, you just give two different names to the two channels so you can tell them apart, and in the setup process, you choose the name of you 2.4 GHz band and that's that. You also have to go the Sharemycook website and create an account which will generate a pin for your specific CyberQ so you can control all aspects of the CyberQ from the website in addition to be able to record times and temperatures of your cook.
So I did all that prior to the 2nd cook which was one chicken quarter. I actually started the cook at about 1620, but I forgot to start recording the cook until 1640. The CyberQ was set to maintain 275° and, as you can see, that's exactly what it did. Since we wanted to eat by 1800 and I wanted to try to get the skin partly crispy, at 1730, I jacked up the temp to 325° and then terminated the cook when internal temp was 175°. Juicy, perfectly done chicken, but the skin wasn't close to being crispy.
I'm really happy with the performance of the CyberQ since it brings a modicum of control to an otherwise free spirited cooker.
I called BBQ Guru to find out why I couldn't get the unit connected to our network and a woman who really knows her product gave me specific instructions as to how to do it. Most routers broadcast on a 2.4 and 5 GHz frequency. The CyberQ can only communicate on the 2.4 GHz band and so, if your router allows it, you just give two different names to the two channels so you can tell them apart, and in the setup process, you choose the name of you 2.4 GHz band and that's that. You also have to go the Sharemycook website and create an account which will generate a pin for your specific CyberQ so you can control all aspects of the CyberQ from the website in addition to be able to record times and temperatures of your cook.
So I did all that prior to the 2nd cook which was one chicken quarter. I actually started the cook at about 1620, but I forgot to start recording the cook until 1640. The CyberQ was set to maintain 275° and, as you can see, that's exactly what it did. Since we wanted to eat by 1800 and I wanted to try to get the skin partly crispy, at 1730, I jacked up the temp to 325° and then terminated the cook when internal temp was 175°. Juicy, perfectly done chicken, but the skin wasn't close to being crispy.
I'm really happy with the performance of the CyberQ since it brings a modicum of control to an otherwise free spirited cooker.
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