New Toy

[larrym]

Delivery guys out early. 7am and I have new toy. Will assemble and do initial burn in today. Wife misses my pork butts. Have a great weekend everyone.

 

[Winterrider]

Nice . . .

 

[Fueling Around]

New toys, tools! tools! are fun
Looking forward to your first posting of success

 

[larrym]

Assembly was simple. Looks good on new deck next to Blackstone.

 

[texomakid]

So exciting! what are you cooking on it first?

 

[larrym]

So exciting! what are you cooking on it first?

I have a tomahawk steak for tomorrow but 1st smoke will be pork butt. I need to get a little used to it. Had MES 30 fo years but this is not quite the same

 

[larrym]

Burn in complete. Still got pellets. hopper so dropped it down to 225. That is where I do pork butts. I want to see how steady it keeps Temps and how much smoke.

 

[civilsmoker]

Nice congrats and enjoy, I wish I had a tomahawk steak for tomorrow!

 

[larrym]

3 hours at 225. Temp fluctuates between 240 and 210. Outside temp is 80f with 15mph winds. I am very happy with that. Thin blue smoke, very similar to my old analog MES 30. I would say about a quart of pellets used including the hour burn in.
I believe the Traeger will be a winner. Steak test tomorrow.

 

[larrym]

I have a 9mb video of smoke but forgot what extensions are accepted, it's an mp4.

 

[Winterrider]

Did you compare temps with a digital therm ? Nice if you have capability to but digital therm in all 4 corners to find hot spots. Or do the biscuit/bun test.
Will be fun to play with.

 

[larrym]

Did you compare temps with a digital therm ? Nice if you have capability to but digital therm in all 4 corners to find hot spots. Or do the biscuit/bun test.
Will be fun to play with.

No, I haven't done exact testing for Temps. It's first run / burn in, using the Traeger built in probe. I would like to get 2 meat probes, 1 smoker temp probe. Maybe with phone app so I can sit inside to monitor. Any suggestions ?

 

[Winterrider]

Inkbird Wireless BBQ Grill Thermometer w/ 4 Probes IBT-4XS

Inkbird IBT-4XS is a Bluetooth meat thermometer with wireless control, temperature alarm, built-in magnetic back, wide temperature range, high-temperature accuracy, rotatable reading display and rechargeable battery, etc. It's widely used for oven, BBQ, grill, and other cooking contexts.

inkbird.com

Inkbird Wireless Remote Meat Thermometer w/ 2 Probes IRF-4S

Inkbird IRF-4S is a 1500 feet wireless thermometer with a waterproof, rechargeable battery, magnetic design, 4 food grade probes, timer, alarms, backlight and etc., which is widely used for most application contexts such as beef, chicken, fish, GBEEF, GPOUL, lamb, veal, oven and etc.

inkbird.com

Have both, have worked good.

 

[Fueling Around]

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I would like to get 2 meat probes, 1 smoker temp probe. Maybe with phone app so I can sit inside to monitor. Any suggestions ?

I thought about that question. I have a lot of dead units and most of them are due to the thermocouple failing and no replacements.
I jumped on a ThermoWorks Signals last winter sale. They offer lots of thermocouple styles and replacements. The phone app is phenomenal and it is both WiFi and Bluetooth linked.

 

[nlife]

Very nice! I have the same model, but in plain black.

 

[fxsales1959]

No, I haven't done exact testing for Temps. It's first run / burn in, using the Traeger built in probe. I would like to get 2 meat probes, 1 smoker temp probe. Maybe with phone app so I can sit inside to monitor. Any suggestions ?

I absolutely love my Inkbirdbbq I-BBQ4-T
the app is wifi so no bluetooth range issues. I can go to grocery or anywhere i got internet and check my temps.

Amazon.com

 

[nlife]

I absolutely love my Inkbirdbbq I-BBQ4-T
the app is wifi so no bluetooth range issues. I can go to grocery or anywhere i got internet and check my temps.

That's the one I have. Love it.

 

[Up_In_Smoke]

I bought a new Pro 22 a couple of months ago.
We love it. :)

 

[larrym]

1st cook. Internal temp 130 with standard Traeger probe. Most of it looks perfect, some are rare. I will get a better probe. Pretty good sear as well.