My new toy has arrived

[foamheart]

Dang it, I jumped back here all excited thinking there would be some pictures by now........ <sighs>

 

[wade]

My replacement unit is still somewhere in the air over the Atlantic I think. They did loan me their competition unit though so that I could get this week end sorted. The loan unit worked impeccably and everything went to plan.

I did not take any photos of the ribs smoking but here are 6 of the the pork shoulders as they were cooking.

Porl Shoulders Smoking 2.jpg

• wade
• Aug 23, 2015

Left: Here is the unit at the event on the day - Yes it is sitting in a newly mown wheat field.

Right: Meet the team

The New Toy.jpg

• wade
• Aug 23, 2015

The Team.jpg

• wade
• Aug 23, 2015

The Big K Restaurant Grade briquettes arrived on Friday and so I tried them out in the half-barrel BBQ/Grill. Wow they were good. They burned slowly and gave out loads of heat. They kept hot for hours and I only used about 5Kg all afternoon.

Big K Briquettes.jpg

• wade
• Aug 23, 2015

 

[wade]

The temperature profile for the pork shoulder - impressive 

Temperature Log.JPG

• wade
• Aug 23, 2015

 

[smokin monkey]

Looking good Wade! will look into the briquettes.

 

[kiska95]

I suppose the only bother with them unless you break them down is the stacking and placing of them. Did you have to break them up Wade?

 

[smokewood]

Excellent weather with fine food makes for a fantastic event.  Well Done Wade (and the team)

 

[wade]

 
I suppose the only bother with them unless you break them down is the stacking and placing of them. Did you have to break them up Wade?

Having tried them out I can see how well they perform when grilling but I am not sure how well they will perform in a smoker (using snake or Minion?). I will do a comparison of these against the Heat Beads and start a new thread for it.

 

[wade]

The replacement igniter arrived yesterday but I fired it up manually on Friday to smoke a pork shoulder for the weekend. 

Shoulder.jpg

• wade
• Sep 6, 2015

Pork Rub.jpg

• wade
• Sep 6, 2015

The temperature profile was impressive

FEC120 Replacement TDC Logged Sep 4 2015.JPG

• wade
• Sep 6, 2015

6 hours at 180 F then 8 hours at 250 F.

 

[smokin monkey]

Hi Wade, is this your new unit? or the temporary one?

 

[wade]

My new unit. Unfortunately it arrived with a European plug on it and a faulty igniter 

 

[smokin monkey]

Hope it's workings OK now!

 

[wade]

I will put the new igniter in this morning and try it out with some ribs. I hope it fixes it too 

 

[wade]

AAAGGGGHHHH - The new igniter has exactly the same problem. I cannot believe this 

 

[smokin monkey]

Not Good! Are they aware of this problem with the ingnitors?

 

[wade]

I have told them that they need to send someone down to fix it completely next time or I will be expecting my money back so I can buy one that is more reliable. I really did not want it to get to this point.

 

[smokin monkey]

Could not agree more, you would not buy a new car, then start changing starter motors, or the ECU units.

They need to get there customer service sorted.

 

[smokewood]

I think you have been more than patient, I think i would have sent it back by now