Well that was short lived. Will call them back saying that setting the recipe option doesn't work. Debating whether to wait to suck it up and wait for a fix or just give up and return it.
1150 Temp Issues
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Abe Froman
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They told me tonight that they are not working on a firmware update at this time. I've tried every fix that they've recommended and nothing has worked. Gone through a lot of pellets with the 5 burn offs and raising the temperature up and then back down for it to not hold. Really not happy with pitboss as a company right now. I had an austin xl that worked good I wish I wouldn't have sold it to buy this lol. Live and learn I guess.
Srminosky
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To bad lemon laws don’t apply to pellet grills
Abe Froman
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I know. It sucks because this grill could be the best on the market in it's price range. The construction is great and it looks awesome. The app could use a little work but it's still cool. If only I could smoke on it.
Srminosky
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I totally agree! Going to hold mine until the 80th day in hopes they fix the issues. Then I’m looking elsewhere. I’m half tempted to swap the electronics out, I know will void the warranty but that’s really my only 2 options at this point.
Abe Froman
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I would hold on to mine but I leave for military training soon and won't be back til May. Don't want my 90 days to be up while I'm gone. I trust pitboss will eventually fix the issue I just really want to do some low and slow cooking.
Srminosky
Member
It will go low and slow just will take a lot longer and if your about to push out for training return it before departing and repurchase it when you return. Hopefully the fix will be out by then.
Did u ever get the new controller and if so did it fix the issue?
mickelp
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This is a video I found on youtube that I'm going to try and see if it works on my 1150 PS. Sounds like some good info
While watching that video that mickelp posted I went through all the comments and saw someone mention a FB page where folks were removing the temp cover on the pit and having success with it holding low temps after that. Seems like an easy try and it's only 2 screws. If it doesn't work it can easily be put back on without losing warranty. Has anyone done this? I will give it a try this weekend...
1st result;
So I removed it..Went to cook steaks as an early test. Turned it on to 350, Then I set the temp to 225. I wanted to see if it would drop and hold the temp. Looks like it did it and was actually keeping it there. Temp would drop down to 198 and then push back up to 225 so it looks like the PID is trying to learn. After I reached the internal temps of my steaks I had to quit the experiment so I could sear them. But sounds promising. I will try and do something else today and tomorrow if the weather hold up.
1st result;
So I removed it..Went to cook steaks as an early test. Turned it on to 350, Then I set the temp to 225. I wanted to see if it would drop and hold the temp. Looks like it did it and was actually keeping it there. Temp would drop down to 198 and then push back up to 225 so it looks like the PID is trying to learn. After I reached the internal temps of my steaks I had to quit the experiment so I could sear them. But sounds promising. I will try and do something else today and tomorrow if the weather hold up.
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Has anyone done this? Pit Boss told me to do this and it would take care of my issues with low temps....From Pit Boss "If you're having issues with the grill holding temp on the lower settings, there is a 3 step burn off process we'd have you do. If after this you're still having issues, please let us know as we will have a plan in place to reprogram the board in just a few days. If you do this in a single day, expect it to take about 5 hours. Set the grill directly to 350° instead of Smoke and run it at that temp for 40 minutes. After that, drop the grill down to 200° and let it run for an additional 40 minutes. Shut the grill down and let it cool down. After that, turn the grill back on to 350° for another 40 minutes, then down to 225° for 40 minutes and shut it down again after that. Then start up to 350° for a final 40 minutes, then down to 250° for 40 minutes. After that's been done, the board should "learn" from that and your temps may be more in line. This will take a bit of time, but there have been quite a few people who've stated this works very well for them".
Did you try it and did it work?
SteveKitella
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Ok as most posts state the temp can be an issue. As in too low. I'm going to try to relocate the probe higher away from the element and see if that works. In thinking it will. I smoke jerky and salmon so I don't usually need anything over 250-300F. But even getting to 300 can be an issue. My turkey had to get moved to the oven this xmas. If moving the probe doesn't work I'll invest in a new oven one.
