Porterhouse, about 30 oz worth of steak, reverse seared on the 560
Looks delicious. Well done sir.
Hey, everyone first time here and have been reading through this thread. I picked up a gravity series 800 last week and have been having some issues. I’m having really long heat up times. After getting charcoal lit following instructions and closing up it’s taking over 45 minutes to reach about 400f. Also after reaching temp it has a hard time maintaining it. If I open the lid and close it sometimes will never get back up to temp. Also when using the griddle , the surface temperature of the griddle has been 50-75 degrees lower than the set point. For instance I currently have had the grill at 400f for over an hour and the griddle temperature is 330f. Using an infrared thermometer the temp near the temperature sensor is reading almost 100f lower than the grills display.
I’m also wondering if my fuel consumption is normal. I’ve gone through a 20lb bag of b&b lump and I’ve only done the pre seasoning and 3 1 hour cooks at 350-400f. I’ve only been adding enough charcoal for each cook. About 1/4 full in the hopper.
Thanks in advance
James
Hey, everyone first time here and have been reading through this thread. I picked up a gravity series 800 last week and have been having some issues. I’m having really long heat up times. After getting charcoal lit following instructions and closing up it’s taking over 45 minutes to reach about 400f. Also after reaching temp it has a hard time maintaining it. If I open the lid and close it sometimes will never get back up to temp. Also when using the griddle , the surface temperature of the griddle has been 50-75 degrees lower than the set point. For instance I currently have had the grill at 400f for over an hour and the griddle temperature is 330f. Using an infrared thermometer the temp near the temperature sensor is reading almost 100f lower than the grills display.
I’m also wondering if my fuel consumption is normal. I’ve gone through a 20lb bag of b&b lump and I’ve only done the pre seasoning and 3 1 hour cooks at 350-400f. I’ve only been adding enough charcoal for each cook. About 1/4 full in the hopper.
Thanks in advance
James
And welcome from SE Ga.Hey, everyone first time here and have been reading through this thread. I picked up a gravity series 800 last week and have been having some issues. I’m having really long heat up times. After getting charcoal lit following instructions and closing up it’s taking over 45 minutes to reach about 400f. Also after reaching temp it has a hard time maintaining it. If I open the lid and close it sometimes will never get back up to temp. Also when using the griddle , the surface temperature of the griddle has been 50-75 degrees lower than the set point. For instance I currently have had the grill at 400f for over an hour and the griddle temperature is 330f. Using an infrared thermometer the temp near the temperature sensor is reading almost 100f lower than the grills display.
I’m also wondering if my fuel consumption is normal. I’ve gone through a 20lb bag of b&b lump and I’ve only done the pre seasoning and 3 1 hour cooks at 350-400f. I’ve only been adding enough charcoal for each cook. About 1/4 full in the hopper.
Thanks in advance
James
From what I understand, you should expect to burn through 1lbs of charcoal per hour at 250degree and 4lbs of charcoal per hour at 400 degrees. So your consumption is expected. I've noticed that as well. Get ready to burn money ;-)
To me this sounds like you don't have enough combustion at the start and the controller is trying to play catch-up. First thing I would try is the starters some others have already mentioned. I picked up 144 starters for like $16 on Amazon. I tried a few times using one, but it still took a long long time to come to temp, especially if you have old charcoal in there. After switching to two starters it comes up to temp quickly and never looks back.After getting charcoal lit following instructions and closing up it’s taking over 45 minutes to reach about 400f. Also after reaching temp it has a hard time maintaining it. If I open the lid and close it sometimes will never get back up to temp.
I just use a Folded paper towel with some avacado oil in it, But i also use a Propane torch to get the papertowel started(it also get the charcoal warmed up and ready to take the flame of the paper towel) and it only takes 5 minutes to get to 250. are you sure something isn't partially blocking the airway from the fan to the firebox?I have been using the Weber wax starters wrapped in a oil sprayed paper towel. It lights and I have flames within a few minutes. The problem starts once I set the temperature and close up the hopper and ash bin lids.
Is it normal to feel some air blowing around the sides of the fan. It seems the fan isn’t aimed directly at the firebox and there is some air coming out of the sides of the fan