I bought my first pellet smoker just before Christmas so I could smoke a brisket on Christmas day, which turned out great, was surprised as it was my first, but I have been smoking for years on offset and BGE. However I was outside every 15 minutes most of the day as the controller was acting up....arg!
My PB820 had been acting up so a quick phone call and they sent me a new controller and temp probe which I installed this week and decided to try another brisket flat today. I am following SmokinAl's method of flats using a broth under the brisket, fat side down. I injected broth last night and put some rub on this AM and at 8AM it went in the smoker. I start with the smoke setting for an hour or 2 then bump to 225 or so.
So here we go, I won't be out there every 15 minutes today hopefully, but now I can also monitor from inside on my computer, I built an Arduino controller with 2 temp probes and wifi, works great! You can click on the link below and follow along.
More as the day progresses.
Cheers
WiFi temperature link below
Smoker and Meat temps
My PB820 had been acting up so a quick phone call and they sent me a new controller and temp probe which I installed this week and decided to try another brisket flat today. I am following SmokinAl's method of flats using a broth under the brisket, fat side down. I injected broth last night and put some rub on this AM and at 8AM it went in the smoker. I start with the smoke setting for an hour or 2 then bump to 225 or so.
So here we go, I won't be out there every 15 minutes today hopefully, but now I can also monitor from inside on my computer, I built an Arduino controller with 2 temp probes and wifi, works great! You can click on the link below and follow along.
More as the day progresses.
Cheers
WiFi temperature link below
Smoker and Meat temps
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