Abe Froman
New member
That's weird I was told 90 days for pitboss products.
Pitboss 1150 Return or Not Return
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Srminosky
Member
My Lowe’s also told me 30 days then I called Pitboss and they said 90 and if they had issues at customer service to speak to the store manager as PB and Lowe’s has a 90 no questions asked exchange policy
Srminosky
Member
How comparable is the 590 to the 1150 in terms of cooking space?
ChiefIlliniwek5
New member
Just curious...is this issue specific to the 1150 model? I have a different model and the only temp issues I've had are due to the cold climate and high winds I experience in my neck of the woods. Food still comes out really well.
Big Ron
Member
How did you fix the uneven temps?
Abe Froman
New member
Specific to the 1150. I keep mine in a heated pull barn/garage and it won't hold 225 or 250. Usually settles at 190 and won't change.
I moved to Rec Teq 590 with their Black Friday sale, leaving my pit boss. I could not be happier with my decision. You get what you pay for. My pit boss had such wild temp swings, and burn outs and restarts, to smoke anything I had to baby it the whole time. Tried reaching out to pit boss support multiple times, with no response.
Rec Teq arrived, when I did initial burn it wouldn't get up to temp. I called customer service and they answered right away and went to town helping me and got me right into business. Twice I called them with questions, with great support. I did a boston butt the other day. Set it at 225 and it stayed rock solid at 225 for 15hrs! I will never look back, as it made life so much easier. Make the move!
I got mine right before last deployment used it twice and the temperature issue came about. Waited too late to return it hasn't worked since. I would return it.
blackhawk556
Member
What temp issues were you having?
blackhawk556
Member
How did you fix the left to right temp issue? My KC combo has this going on.
I have issues with the controller not working with wifi at all. I started a ticket online and nothing. I started messaging pit boss on Instagram and got quick results! They reply within a few hours and ordered me a new controller. Anyone having issues try this.
How did you solve the uneven temp problems?
blackhawk556
Member
Looks like he created a heat shield some how. Here his Response on a previous thread:
“
So I made a prototype heat shield to see if I can even out the temperatures left to right, the right was always alot cooler.
The first attempt and I have even temperatures. Set it to 250* the display says 250* left side 250* right side 250*
Success on the first attempt.
Will go up to 300 and see what happens.”
Now we need to know how he made it and how he installed it.
Woppo
New member
I'd return I wish I could return mine.i got 2 cooks out of it and it hasn't worked since.its aggravating playing phone tag with them.and they are slow sending out replacement parts.i bought it for my wife.she hates it now.im going to try to fix it and off load it .
blackhawk556
Member
Message them on Instagram. That’s how I was able to get replies back and my ticket looked into quickly. They got my controller ordered three days ago
MOB916
New member
FWIW...just got a PB1150PS2 last Thursday at Lowes & got a 15% discount off the $599. Went through the burnoff per instructions Friday morning with zero issues. Smoked a 1.75lb pork tenderloin that night with no issues. Smoked a 3.5lb tri-tip Saturday with no issues. Smoked a 5.5lb butt for 8hrs on Sunday with no issues. So far so good. The APP does kinda suck & hoping for an update with more intuitive features, but all-in-all, very stoked on this beast so far. What I do, is at turn-on....give it 10-15mins from button push & don't touch the temp until pot is hot & smoke dissipates, l then adjust to my desired cooking temp. Been holding my desired temps very well....but I do wish there were smaller increments to select. Hoping no issues in front of me, but ZERO complaints at this point.
