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The auger runs nice and smooth, it seems to be the timing of the thermostat when it starts dumping pellets it is just more than it needs before it stops the auger, that is where the big temp swings come in.
I have been running a masterbilt 40 electric for probably close to ten years and it has been flawless, thought I would try the pb for something different, guess you should stick to what works for you, home made smokers I have built that are stick burners with propane backup is still by far the...
The fan runs at a continuous speed all the time, the couple of times it has worked for a couple of hours the temp fluctuations ran 25 to 30 degrees below the set temp to 50 to 70 degrees above the set temp, I think they have a very slow reacting thermostat control and the parameters are way to...
Temp swings on my pb5 are way to radical to trust it, been messing with it for 4 months now and always wind up with it dropping to around 140 to 150 degrees then it pours the pellets to it and it has gone as high as 450 degrees with a big pellet fire in the pot then it sits until that burns off...
I am not a troll, been smoking meats for 20+ years and the PB is the worst smoker I have ever seen for temp control and consistency, the cabinet build is decent but the pellet controls are no good!!!
I have a pit boss 5, it is absolute junk, Chinese made garbage dumped on the U.S. consumers, control board was bad the day I got it, took close to 3 months to get a new one, just tried it again today and the temp ping ponged from 140 to 400 degrees, couldn't finish the cook in this pile of crap...
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