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I took advantage of the Thermoworks sale. I bought a Billows. Once I saw it could work with the PBC AND The Weber Kettle - I HAD To!
I bought the Komodo Adapters as directed because one of them had a slot that fit perfectly on the PBC. The adapters were totally flat - so I finagled the slotted one to make the one I needed a little curvier. A few strips of Nashua Silver Metal Tape and I was ready to rock.
I will drill the hole in the Weber Kettle soon and let you know how it works.
68 Degrees outside. Not much wind. I Totally FILLED the PBC charcoal holder and put an additional 40 briquettes in the chimney and started the fire underneath to get them lit. 10-10-10 method worked well.
Wouldn't you know it - one of them Magical Days -
I had an 8 pound Boneless Pork Butt from Aldi.
I put the meat on at 10:30 am.
The daggone PBC Maintained 225 - 230 until almost 15:30!! WTH! LOL! 5 Hours!
Then it happened - the Temp dipped below 225 and Poof - The Billows Fan kicked on. Little puffs - little bursts - not a continuous on - pulses. And the Temp came back to 238:
NICE!
There were a few more times when the temp dipped - and the fan kicked on to bring the temp up - totally Awesome.
I NEVER Lifted the lid once until 9 hours into the cook.
It was 19:30 by then - the meat was ~ 190 Degrees - we were hungry - and we chowed down! Didn't care that it was "under-cooked" LOL!
We inhaled it and loved It!
There were a few anomalies on the screen of the Signals - and the Signals never took the labels of the temp probes from the App. I had Pork Probe and Pork Probe 2 on the App - but the Signals kept showing Pork 1 and Chick 1 from my last cook. And the High Alarm on one of the probes kept saying 1276. The High Temp for one of the probes kept showing "L567" - but I will dig in more and report back any consistent weirdness..
At the end of the cook - the Temps got wonky - weird even. When I finally lifted the lid after 9 hours - there was plenty of fuel left so again - more data needed! You can see here the Temp Dips - and when the Fan Kicked In - All in All it Rocks!
PLEASE OH PLEASE let me know if you have any questions at all!
I took advantage of the Thermoworks sale. I bought a Billows. Once I saw it could work with the PBC AND The Weber Kettle - I HAD To!
I bought the Komodo Adapters as directed because one of them had a slot that fit perfectly on the PBC. The adapters were totally flat - so I finagled the slotted one to make the one I needed a little curvier. A few strips of Nashua Silver Metal Tape and I was ready to rock.
I will drill the hole in the Weber Kettle soon and let you know how it works.
68 Degrees outside. Not much wind. I Totally FILLED the PBC charcoal holder and put an additional 40 briquettes in the chimney and started the fire underneath to get them lit. 10-10-10 method worked well.
Wouldn't you know it - one of them Magical Days -
I had an 8 pound Boneless Pork Butt from Aldi.
I put the meat on at 10:30 am.
The daggone PBC Maintained 225 - 230 until almost 15:30!! WTH! LOL! 5 Hours!
Then it happened - the Temp dipped below 225 and Poof - The Billows Fan kicked on. Little puffs - little bursts - not a continuous on - pulses. And the Temp came back to 238:
NICE!
There were a few more times when the temp dipped - and the fan kicked on to bring the temp up - totally Awesome.
I NEVER Lifted the lid once until 9 hours into the cook.
It was 19:30 by then - the meat was ~ 190 Degrees - we were hungry - and we chowed down! Didn't care that it was "under-cooked" LOL!
We inhaled it and loved It!
There were a few anomalies on the screen of the Signals - and the Signals never took the labels of the temp probes from the App. I had Pork Probe and Pork Probe 2 on the App - but the Signals kept showing Pork 1 and Chick 1 from my last cook. And the High Alarm on one of the probes kept saying 1276. The High Temp for one of the probes kept showing "L567" - but I will dig in more and report back any consistent weirdness..
At the end of the cook - the Temps got wonky - weird even. When I finally lifted the lid after 9 hours - there was plenty of fuel left so again - more data needed! You can see here the Temp Dips - and when the Fan Kicked In - All in All it Rocks!
PLEASE OH PLEASE let me know if you have any questions at all!
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