Hope someone can help with these questions. Smoked a brisket for my second cook ever today. Ran out of pellets and saw temperature steadily dropping 75 deg below the set point. I refilled the hopper. Next thing I know the grill goes up 30 deg over set point. I assume that was because it relit the new pellets? I then opened the lid to let cool air in (20 deg outside today) to drop the temp, but that didn’t work either. In fact, the temp stayed elevated until I just left it alone, after which it slowly came down to set point. From reading other threads, I understand it’s because the controller decided to burn more pellets not realizing the lid was only briefly open. Is that right?
Assuming I’m correct both times, for future cooks, I should never let the hopper run out to avoid the temp spike described in my first question, right? But then what do you do to avoid temp spikes every time you open the lid in cold weather (like for spritzing, mopping, probing brisket, etc)? Do you set the grills super low immediately before you open the lid, then turn it back up after you close the lid?
hope I’m being clear...thanks for any thoughts!
Assuming I’m correct both times, for future cooks, I should never let the hopper run out to avoid the temp spike described in my first question, right? But then what do you do to avoid temp spikes every time you open the lid in cold weather (like for spritzing, mopping, probing brisket, etc)? Do you set the grills super low immediately before you open the lid, then turn it back up after you close the lid?
hope I’m being clear...thanks for any thoughts!