Just curious how big of temp swings every sees with their bullseyes when cooking at 225 and what pellets they are using
right now (my second long cook), , feed rate set at 3, using a mix of cherry and hickory Lumberjack pellets that are brand new, my swings (measured with a thermoworks smoke probe with the testing starting after about 2 hours) are:
Min 150
Max 271
I did my first cook at 250, I think it was more stable. I fine with the max temp swing, but that low end swing of 150 is a little more than I want.
75 degrees down seems a little excessive. I might let it go for a while, then bump it up to 250 to see if it like holding that temp better. I seem to remember that it ran between 230ish and 275 when set on 250.
-1 changed the feed rate setting from 3 to 5 and let it run for about an hour and re tested it through a couple of cycles. Either the PID is getting smarter or it made a small difference.
Min 160
Max 260
right now (my second long cook), , feed rate set at 3, using a mix of cherry and hickory Lumberjack pellets that are brand new, my swings (measured with a thermoworks smoke probe with the testing starting after about 2 hours) are:
Min 150
Max 271
I did my first cook at 250, I think it was more stable. I fine with the max temp swing, but that low end swing of 150 is a little more than I want.
75 degrees down seems a little excessive. I might let it go for a while, then bump it up to 250 to see if it like holding that temp better. I seem to remember that it ran between 230ish and 275 when set on 250.
-1 changed the feed rate setting from 3 to 5 and let it run for about an hour and re tested it through a couple of cycles. Either the PID is getting smarter or it made a small difference.
Min 160
Max 260
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