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I did not spot that. The OP did mention an auger change. The Auger is indeed different than the Auger motor. If I had to guess, it was the motor that was changed given my earlier interaction.

Hi Round Hill Don't take this as an automatic defense of Recteq, I am just spitballing. The temperature on the display comes from the RTD. Recteq does not manufacture this component but buys it from a third-party supplier. If I were the owner of Recteq, I could insist on better accuracy and...

A poor choice of a word on my part. I agree volume would be more accurate. Thanks for the added contribution.

Unless the thermoworks is installed very close to the RTD probe you will always get differences. The air circulation produces different zones in the barrel. I agree any measures until 5 minutes after the set point is reached is meaningless. However for the topic (reducing temp swings)of the...

I am not doing a good enough job making my point. This post was intended to help with wild temperature swings. If your grill is swinging between 60 degrees above and 60 degrees below as reported by the recteq technology and you can adjust it so it now reports +/_ 3 degrees, you are...

Of course I am reporting what the technology is telling me. It is what everyone who is trying to set up their smoker will do. They run the grill and monitor the temps using the information provided. If the controller reports a temperature and that temperature report is consistently measured by...

To check variation you arguably don't need an accurate temp. If the reported temp is 5 degrees off it is 5 degrees off every time it is reported. The variation would be the same as it would if the reported temp is spot on. Here is a recent cook.

The temperature graph on my Recteq app and by monitoring the actual temperatures very closely..

I have seen this discussed many times, so creating a thread explaining the issue might be useful. PID controllers are quite complex, and given it is unlikely Recteq makes their own, it is possible the support rep you speak to might not fully understand the theory of PID adjustments. Auger...

Not without opening it up. The best guide is the rate of climb and max temps. If you can get to 500 degrees in 10 minutes you are probably fine.

I have posted lengthy answers in a couple of other posts, here is a short version. First the temperature drops seem nirmal. If course it will fall when you open the grill. Your minimum feed rate is too high. Your settings have the auger unable to dump a small enough amount of pellets to maintain...

At just over 7 years my controller failed on my 680. As it was past the 6 year warranty I did not get a free controller but I did get a 50% discount on the new wifi controller. They have also been generous in providing a number of small parts for free. I have had to call support several times...

I get over 700 degrees (previously 500 degrees) in about 15 minutes (previously it took forever) with the 3 rpm with amazing temperature holding stability. Put the install on your priority list,

I respectfully disagree. The auger turns at a fixed speed. The only way the temperature can be controlled is by turning on and off the auger.. The time it is on depends on the gap between actual and set temps. The algorithm in the controller determines how that is done. If you set the minimum...

I have the RT680 and I bought it 7 years ago. I upgraded the controller to the wifi version so it is now very similar to a 700. I think the difference is paint. I would definitely buy again but the thing is so well built I can't imaging that I will need to. The warranty was 6 years but the...

A response I posted on a similar thread today. Note that it relates to wide and repetitive temp swings. If you climb high on initial start and it settles down after that, it is normal.

I had identical issues after upgrading my rt680 to the 3 RPM Auger motor. The symptoms of wide temperature swings are directly related to minimum feed rate. If you set it too high, the auger dumps too many pellets into the pot and causes a large rise in Temps (as much as 100 degrees above for...

What do you have set as the minimum fee rate? You could experiment with turning it down.