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    Cooling a Runaway Kamado...

    Doesn’t happen very often, but occasionally I leave my Kamado unattended and the temperature gets away from me. That is what happened tonight. So, here is how I lowered the temperature. I was shooting for 225 but it will shot up over 500. So I close the dampers down almost completely shut. I lifted the lid to let excessive heat out. Then I filled a pan with ice cubes, placed it on the grill and closed the lid. It is not perfect, but it does speed things up.

    #2
    I normally overshoot mine in purpose just a little. Because when I add the wood, heat deflectors, and cold meat, it cools it down to my target temp. 500 is a little too high for me (I know yours was on accident). If I target 250, I definitely let it go to 300. Good idea to add the ice!

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    • LA Pork Butt
      LA Pork Butt commented
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      scottranda I usually shoot for 300, too, before putting everything in. This one was way out of control with flames reaching around the platesetter.

    #3
    Great advice for a novice Primo owner--thanks!

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      #4
      Around here the cold snap we are having would suck that heat out pretty fast at 13 degrees out.

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        #5
        Great tip LA! Thank you.

        Surprised someone hasn't said you need a SmoBot yet lol lol lol

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        • EdF
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          Smobot is great - does exactly what it's supposed to, and uses very little electricity. On the other hand, it's the first controller I've bought after a few decades of smoking. Never particularly felt a need for one.

        #6
        Great tip. But I bet that ice does not last long at 500 degrees.

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