Pit Boss pro 1600 long preheat time.

[blewis1984]

yah i meant controller. ok, ill just give it the old "wait and see" stratagey. im fixing to fire it up and smoke a small chicken for dinner tonight. see how it goes.

during my run up to 350 yesterday it seemed to stall at 220 range for a bit but overall it seemed to keep marching up the scale all the way to 350. just took awhile. thanks for advices

Hey, buddy. Any updates?

 

[Jwodie]

So I'm doing my first burn off. And I'm currently in the process of bringing the grill up to 350° f. It's been over 40 minutes now and the grill has just now reached 300° f. The temperature is still slowly rising. Is it normal for it to take that long to preheat? The outside temperature is currently 64° f and a little breezy would that cause it to slowly heat up?

I would be curious to compare notes . I just put together my new 1600 and am actively doing my first burn. 65° and fairly humid here. I have all grates and griddle inside. I'm coming up on about 45 minutes and I'm at 386 and climbing. No immediate idea why the notable difference. I'm using a 50/50 blend of lumberjack charoak and competition blend (I was hoping the bit of charcoal would speed up my heating so that's my only guess)

 

[MikeInFla]

I believe it will heat up faster over time. @ANT0407 can chime in, I think he has this model.

 

[ANT0407]

I believe it will heat up faster over time. @ANT0407 can chime in, I think he has this model.

Yes I have the 1600, it does learn and heat up quicker the more you cook on it. I never run mine over 275 usually but to get to that temp it takes maybe 20 minutes. If you have any other questions feel free to ask.

 

[ANT0407]

Yes I have the 1600, it does learn and heat up quicker the more you cook on it. I never run mine over 275 usually but to get to that temp it takes maybe 20 minutes. If you have any other questions feel free to ask.

A thought I had after I replied was, I usually set my temp at 300 or higher and measure the Chamber temp with my Thermoworks signals. Due to the temp difference I set my controller at what ever gives me the temp I'm shooting for on my signals. Unfortunately it never matches and depends on the the weather conditions at the time