Pellet Grills have PID

[bbqLuv]

With PID say goodbye to babysitting.
But wait a minute, is not tending the cook part of the fun of BBQing?

What is a PID?

PID controller, PID stands for Proportional, Integral, and Derivative.

• Proportional (P): This component reacts to the current error between the desired setpoint and the actual process variable, adjusting the output proportionally to the error.
• Integral (I): This component accumulates past errors, helping to eliminate residual steady-state errors and ensure that the process variable reaches and maintains its setpoint.
• Derivative (D): This component predicts future errors based on their current rate of change, providing a dampening effect to improve system stability and reduce overshoot.
  These components work together in a feedback loop to maintain a desired process variable at a setpoint, making PID controllers essential in various industrial applications.

Are you glad I posted this for you to enjoy?

Are you in favor of PID controllers? Why or why not?

[Smoker_Boy]

If I could drink a few beers and smoke some cigarettes, I would enjoy the tending.

Since I can't, I love PID controllers.

[captainlee]

Smoking pork belly right now. Multi tasking branches being cut, working in growing dome harvesting tomatoes and cleanup, loading up for a dump run and splitting firewood. Beautiful day here can get lots done and smoke at the same time. Thank you Yoder for minding the store today. Even more thanks when it's 30 degrees and snowing or just plain old 10 degrees. It doesn't matter what the weather is, I'll smoke it.

[Finster]

I do all of that kind of stuff too while smoking…. Without using a pellet pooper.

[captainlee]

Yep, but it's so easy a caveman could do it.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

Some of the worst smoke producing pellet grills have PID and some of the worst temp swing grills have or at least claim they have a PID. You still have to have PID paired with a capable algorithm to balance tight temp control and quality smoke production.

[WI Bubba]

Or get an LSG and have both steady temps and quality smoke. 😉

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

WI Bubba my MAK does the same

[HawkerXP]

PID stands for Pain In the Derriere.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

I thought the D was on the other side of the body...

[Huskee]

The Grilla Silverbac that I use has both a standard aka high smoke mode (non-PID) and a PID mode for steadier temps. It's all give & take with pellets. Temps swings give you more smoke. Engineers and geeks and number crunchers tend to want to see steadier temps.

[WI Bubba]

It's all fine and dandy until you walk in to hear about the valve that someone on days decided to "fix" and now the P is so aggressive that it makes a rollercoaster look like a Sunday drive and the I is in perpetual runaway trying to chase the rate of change. And that poor D is just quivering in the corner having no clue what is going to happen next. But when it works right and you can maintain a steady flowing output despite constantly changing variables it's a beautiful thing.
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