Hi all.
In these difficult times of COVID 19, I hope everyone is staying as safe and healthy as they can.
My equipment is a Pit-Boss 1100 Pro Series upgraded with a Savannah Stoker PID controller, and an A-Maze-N 12 to 18 Inch Adjustable Pellet Tube that I fill to full with pellets.
While I turn on my smoker and get it up to the PID set temperature of 275F, I light the end of the pellet tube and keep the flame going for 10 minutes as instructed. After 10 minutes (flame extinguished but tube is smoldering), I put the pellet tube on the top rack of the smoker, and let the smoker continue towards 275F. Once the smoker reaches 275F, I put my meat on, put the external thermometer's probe at grate level, close the lid, and set the PID temperature down to 225F.
From having discovered Amazingribs.com 10 years ago, it's been instilled within me that the temperature at the grill grate is what matters, hence the external thermometer probe.
At first, the grate temperature is around 250F, and then lowers slightly. But as time passes (another 15 to 20 minutes), the grate temperature shoots up way past 300F. At one time, the grate temperature probe read 350F.
I turned down the set temperature on the PID controller, yet the grate temperature was still 300F. I even turned down the PID set temperature to the lowest setting, 150F, yet throughout the rest of the cook, the grate temperature stayed at 250F+.
Before I bought and started using the smoke tube, the PID controller would be set to a temperature of 225F to 250F, and the external thermometer probe at grate level would register no more than 20F higher than the PID's set temperature throughout the cook. Now that I'm using the smoke tube, the grate temperature will always be 80F to 100F+ higher than the PID's set temperature.
Can any of you brilliant fellow pitmasters please help me to troubleshoot this phenomenon of why the smoke tube is causing such a rise in grill grate temperature, especially since it is not resting on the grill grate but on the top rack?
I will continue troubleshooting on my own and report back any findings, just in case my issue and research can help someone else.
Take care.
-Z
In these difficult times of COVID 19, I hope everyone is staying as safe and healthy as they can.
My equipment is a Pit-Boss 1100 Pro Series upgraded with a Savannah Stoker PID controller, and an A-Maze-N 12 to 18 Inch Adjustable Pellet Tube that I fill to full with pellets.
While I turn on my smoker and get it up to the PID set temperature of 275F, I light the end of the pellet tube and keep the flame going for 10 minutes as instructed. After 10 minutes (flame extinguished but tube is smoldering), I put the pellet tube on the top rack of the smoker, and let the smoker continue towards 275F. Once the smoker reaches 275F, I put my meat on, put the external thermometer's probe at grate level, close the lid, and set the PID temperature down to 225F.
From having discovered Amazingribs.com 10 years ago, it's been instilled within me that the temperature at the grill grate is what matters, hence the external thermometer probe.
At first, the grate temperature is around 250F, and then lowers slightly. But as time passes (another 15 to 20 minutes), the grate temperature shoots up way past 300F. At one time, the grate temperature probe read 350F.
I turned down the set temperature on the PID controller, yet the grate temperature was still 300F. I even turned down the PID set temperature to the lowest setting, 150F, yet throughout the rest of the cook, the grate temperature stayed at 250F+.
Before I bought and started using the smoke tube, the PID controller would be set to a temperature of 225F to 250F, and the external thermometer probe at grate level would register no more than 20F higher than the PID's set temperature throughout the cook. Now that I'm using the smoke tube, the grate temperature will always be 80F to 100F+ higher than the PID's set temperature.
Can any of you brilliant fellow pitmasters please help me to troubleshoot this phenomenon of why the smoke tube is causing such a rise in grill grate temperature, especially since it is not resting on the grill grate but on the top rack?
I will continue troubleshooting on my own and report back any findings, just in case my issue and research can help someone else.
Take care.
-Z
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