BBQ guru. How tight is it?

MrCookingNurse · March 14

Got the party q. Just curious how tight these things hold. I'll have my maverick set up for alarm. If the fan is programmed for 250, what can I expect?? 240-260? 230-270? Or 250??

Mickey · March 14

I just got mine back from Centex a couple of days ago and giving it to Travis in the morning. I have no luck ( user error) with them.

Eggcelsior · March 14

Mickey said:
I just got mine back from Centex a couple of days ago and giving it to Travis in the morning. I have no luck ( user error) with them.

Ship it to me next. I'll ship you some beer for rent payment.

nolaegghead · March 14

With the DigiQ, I've seen it hold dead on. That's probably + or - 0.49F.

Fred19Flintstone · March 14

My DigiQ2 holds steady in calm winds. If windy, I notice it likes to creep up upwards of 10 deg.

nolaegghead · March 14

Fred19Flintstone said:

My DigiQ2 holds steady in calm winds. If windy, I notice it likes to creep up upwards of 10 deg.

Do you have the DW on almost or completely closed? I find that helps if you make it force air through the thing. But I find wind to sometimes do that too.

MrCookingNurse · March 14

@nolaegghead

So have daisy wheel on, but just cracked?

Eggcelsior · March 14

I wonder if you build a wind break, would that fix that? I see it on offsets all the time. I don't think 10 degrees is worth it though.

Fred19Flintstone · March 14

I have a hard time maling myself only crack the DW. I keep thinking the fire will go out. As far as a windbreak goes, this winter I've been Egging just inside the garage door. The attached house is my northern windbreak and still I fight the wind sometimes.

Solson005 · March 14

For my digiQ the most I have ever been off is 2° and it usually is dead on. I have just the petals open on the daisy wheel no matter if I am doing 225° or 350° and put the fan and adapter in once I know the fire is going to be enough, same time I put the platesetter or woo with stones and grate.

nolaegghead · March 14

I've had the daisy wheel on but totally closed. There are enough cracks that it can power air through and it helps with wind. I did a couple of butts through hurricane Issac once. Got it set up to hold pretty steady, even though the wind was going nuts.

RLeeper · March 14

Mine holds steady at temp with little to no variation, I keep daisy wheel barely open and another important control is the draft door on the fan. For low and slow cooks my fan draft is open about one third.

Fred19Flintstone · March 14

Maybe I need to close the viper damper more?

Bullibe · March 19

I close everything almost all the way down, until I see that the fan is running 100% then open the damper on the Guru up a little. I have to remind myself that the Guru can add air but can't reduce it beyond what can free flow through it.

SmokeyPitt · March 19

It's not too tight...you can always use a little K-Y if needed.

chainsaw19 · March 19

I was having trouble with my new CyberQ for the first few cooks, but finally realized I hadnt shut the bottom up tight enough around the stoker, I set up a cook for 250 this past weekend and it held that temp +/- 1 degree for about 16 hours, when I shut the cooker down still had a good amount of charcoal. The other change I made was sorting and stacking the lump large in bottom, up to small on top---I had always just poured it in. between these two changes, I was amazed at the performance and feel pretty confident now that I could set it up and leave with no worries especially with the ability to monitor it online. Very happy with this purchase.

Little Steven · March 19

Fred19Flintstone said:

My DigiQ2 holds steady in calm winds. If windy, I notice it likes to creep up upwards of 10 deg.

Freddie,

There is a damper on the barrel of the blower assembly. It needs to be down to at most a quarter moon shape otherwise you will get air through when the fan is not running.

nolaegghead · March 19

If you're looking for stable temps, an egg equipped with a stoker like the DigiQ is more stable than the oven in your kitchen. You don't want to use it for temps over 400 or for anything direct because you'll trash the temp probe (although I suppose you could put the end of the probe in the thermometer hole).

Charlie tuna · March 19

My DigiQ's fan damper is wide open -- i have never adjusted it. It holds a temperature to the degree it is set at. I will try to assist it with the top damper - say if it is running "a lot" trying to maintain a temperature, i will open the damper to help the fan hold on temperature..

BOWHUNR · March 19

Little Steven is spot on. On my larges I have the DFMT barely cracked and the fan damper set to 1/4 open. Once it locks in on the temp it holds right on.

Mike

FlyingTivo · March 19

I agree on the FORCED AIR theory. You need to open DW just a hairline and only adjust the damper. For the 200-300 range, it holds dead on! I also try to keep the fan working half the time by adjusting the damper.

Felipe

michigan_jason · March 19

My digiq dx2 is always spot on, daisy wheel cracked maybe 1/16" to 1/8" tops. If you are having trouble with temps jumping in winds use the damper and close it to 1/3 or 1/2 tops.

MrCookingNurse · March 19

thanks guys!

travisstrick · March 19

I've got Mickey's Party Q going right now. I also have my Maverick as redundant temp reading.

So far, It has held +or- 1degree for 3 hours. It is rock solid.

I'm doing a 16lb turkey at 240.

MrCookingNurse · March 19

@travisstrick

thanks man, this is what I am going to do, set maverick up as backup.

bigphil · March 19

My digi holds rock solid very little change in it. i usually hook it up start my fire and let it bring the egg to temp .

jeroldharter · March 20

My digiq is rock solid for a 17 hr butt cook. You need to take time to gradually ramp up. I also use it at 350 for indirect chicken cooks. It takes 1-2 Shiner Bocks to stabilize. That is a standard unit of measurement I use.

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