First cook on my Mak 2 Star - Chicken thighs.

[2for66]

You can read all the details and see all the pictures on my blog post: https://2for66.com/2019/05/26/chicke...hs-on-new-mak/

But, as it is said: if there are no pictures it didn't happen.
Oh, it happened!

A few weeks ago in a post I was asking about chicken and indirect cookin; rwalters suggested I stop stressing and just start cooking. I needed that. It turned out well.
And, someone - or someones - on this site recommend cooking on the upper racks - I tried that and liked it.Sorry, I can't remember who it was.

[Jerod Broussard]

Holy crap that looks delicious!!!

[NapMaster]

That's some fine looking yard bird.

[2for66]

Holy crap that looks delicious!!!

That's the interesting thing about photos! Looks can be deceiving
Actually, I was really pleased with it. Thanks for the comment!

[Jerod Broussard]

Yeah, but it works for me at my screen. That's what counts.

[rwalters]

Man, sure am glad you decided to relax and just cook... that food looks amazing!!!! Nicely done

[2for66]

I had two interesting things happen during this cook. I turned the grill on at the Pellet Boss and put the set point to 400. Then I logged in to Makgrillsmobile to manage the cook from there. Even though the set point showed correctly, the grill it 235 and stayed for 15 to 25 minutes. I couldn’t turn it off either through the web page or on the Pellet Boss so I unplugged it, reset it and it came up to temperature quickly - nice.

About an hour later I moved the chicken thighs to the lower rack along with the thermocouple probe. Sometime later the PB started beeping with a "Fire Alarm" warning. Yikes. I sure didn’t see anything worrisome going on but I turned it off then back on again to finish the cook. I’ll call the Mak guys tomorrow to get some help on what I was doing wrong.

[rwalters]

Bad news/good news. You are experiencing a few bugs in the latest version of firmware on your Pellet Boss controller. I and others were having the same/similar issues when using MAK Grills Mobile. MAK just released an updated version of firmware that seems to have resolved these issues. I received the latest version a couple of weeks ago and have had no issues since. Unfortunately you’ll most likely have to send your controller in for the update. It’s free but takes about a week or so.

[2for66]

And (maybe) finallly. Am I crazy or did the pellet hopper cover use to open the other direction back in 2011?

[rwalters]

Nope, not crazy... it’s the opposite of what it used to be.

[Sweaty Paul]

Looks delicious

[ofelles]

Need to do more chicken. Looks great

[RonB]

Great lookin' cook for sure.

[JimLinebarger]

That is a beautiful machine. Oh, the chicken looks great also.

[klflowers]

Beautiful thighs. Wait, I ought to say chicken thighs in case my wife sees this.