Temperature

[Jtanzi83]

Questions new to pellet grills
My grill is about one year old. I set my temperature to let's say 250 and the pit temp never settled in. Jumps around 300 to 180 back to 310 to 230. Is this normal or do I need to change the temperature prob.

 

[Mike From R.I.]

Which make and model do you have?

 

[Jtanzi83]

I have a austin xl with a pitboss wifi controller.

 

[Mike From R.I.]

I would call Pit Boss Tech support 877 303 3134 option 2, it shouldn't be all over the place like that. It's under warranty.

 

[Steve In Pa]

Over what period of time did these temps occur? What was the outside air temp during all that?

 

[Jtanzi83]

Over what period of time did these temps occur? What was the outside air temp during all that?

Out side temp 40° over an the cook was a 2 hour cook and it never stabilized

 

[Steve In Pa]

Out side temp 40° over an the cook was a 2 hour cook and it never stabilized

OK, I’d be interested in hearing what support says.
Just to toss this out there, but I’ve found that multiple factors will affect the inside temps.
Ambient temps and wind.
Opening and closing the door.
Putting cold meat in the smoker.
A change in the smoker temp setting also seems to stir things up for a while. It’s almost like when more pellets are called for when it’s desired to raise the inside temp it actually cools off a bit before the heating kicks in. My theory is that the sudden addition of pellets reduces the heat generated from the pot for just a bit, until the new pellets get going. The smoker temp graph seems to bear this out.

 

[SeniorChief]

when you called customer support, what they say?

 

[Jtanzi83]

Thank you for all your feedback. Tech support told me it sounds like the temp probe. Start with a good cleaning and or replacing it.

 

[Mike From R.I.]

They are sending out a new temperature probe?

 

[Just keep smokin]

We have been having some issues of the same thing. We have cleaned the senor a few times but the code of Er1 keeps showing up. Still trying to figure out why.

 

[Mike From R.I.]

We have been having some issues of the same thing. We have cleaned the senor a few times but the code of Er1 keeps showing up. Still trying to figure out why.

What is the issue? Are you sure the code isn't ErrL?

 

[Just keep smokin]

What is the issue? Are you sure the code isn't ErrL?

It has happen a few times and the code is Er1. when we looked it up it stated that the censor was not clean. we have cleaned it a few times now and it still shows up as Er1.

 

[Just keep smokin]

It has happen a few times and the code is Er1. when we looked it up it stated that the censor was not clean. we have cleaned it a few times now and it still shows up as Er1.

The issue is that when it has been heated up as stated in the book we turn it down to 150 for slow smoking and cooking. once it hits 150 it seems to work good for about 15 minutes then the temperature drops and the smoker shuts off.

 

[Mike From R.I.]

The issue is that when it has been heated up as stated in the book we turn it down to 150 for slow smoking and cooking. once it hits 150 it seems to work good for about 15 minutes then the temperature drops and the smoker shuts off.

Time to call Tech Support 877 303 3134 option 2