Firmware update issues

[Greg Jones]

Ray just did a video on Facebook about this. Apparently it is designed to get to temperature faster, but overshoots and then if you are cooking low and slow you have to wait for it to come back down. Whereas before it took longer to reach temperature. Bad decision in my opinion, this caters to people who are cooking at very high temperatures.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/12JWnZAuF3Q/

Folks might want to know that they need to have a Facebook account (I do not) and apparently need to join the linked group to view the video. So, having not viewed the video I can say that my approach has always been to set the low and slow temp under my desired cooking temp by 25-50 degrees, let the grill overshoot (which they have always done-my RT-700 is now 6 years old and doesn’t have any upgradable firmware. Then when it begins to settle down, I set the controller to the desired cooking temp. Back to the high temp observation, that appears to be an obsession with recteq these days. Who told them we want grills that heat to 1,200 degrees? I thought that when the first Bullseye got to over 700 degrees, that was nuts!

 

[Jim6820]

Who told them we want grills that heat to 1,200 degrees?

How else are we gonna do a brisket in less than 2 hours? The younger generation is always in a hurry.

 

[Beach Bum]

How else are we gonna do a brisket in less than 2 hours? The younger generation is always in a hurry.

And those five minute pizzas are not acceptable. It must be 60 seconds tops, or else. I have yet to run my bullseye deluxe at maximum for fear of burning down the house.

 

[Cavite]

I have a grill for hot and fast and a smoker for low and slow.

 

[Jim6820]

I have a grill for hot and fast and a smoker for low and slow.

As do most of us who realize that a “do-everything tool” rarely does anything very well.

 

[Ol' Smokey]

Hot n fast....no problemo

 

[Grilltreats]

Ray just did a video on Facebook about this. Apparently it is designed to get to temperature faster, but overshoots and then if you are cooking low and slow you have to wait for it to come back down. Whereas before it took longer to reach temperature. Bad decision in my opinion, this caters to people who are cooking at very high temperatures.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/12JWnZAuF3Q/

I like this idea myself. It doesn't take long for the temperature to settle back down, and if the temperature reaches 41°F above the set temperature, the fan starts pulsing to speed up the cooldown. I only do low and slow cooks on my RT-700, but I often turn the grill up above my planned set temperature anyway to clean the grates before cooking/smoking.