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Smokeware Cap with Temp Controller
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dperrin
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Hi,
Just doing my first cook with a couple of Christmas presents. I received a smoke ware cap and a flame boss 200. The Flameboss provides guidelines for how much opening with the daisywheel cap (minimal). I have the smoke ware cap open a little, but when the flame boss starts blowing with the fan, I am watching smoke come out of the lower vent area and the top. I am wondering if I have the setup correct. Anyone use these 2 products with their egg? Mine is a large.
Thanks
Just doing my first cook with a couple of Christmas presents. I received a smoke ware cap and a flame boss 200. The Flameboss provides guidelines for how much opening with the daisywheel cap (minimal). I have the smoke ware cap open a little, but when the flame boss starts blowing with the fan, I am watching smoke come out of the lower vent area and the top. I am wondering if I have the setup correct. Anyone use these 2 products with their egg? Mine is a large.
Thanks
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What you are describing is normal. If your temp is stable then your settings are correct. When I run mine the SW cap os open less than the width of a dime. Smoke will puff out from around my gasket in some areas too.They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin
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Thanks Ozzie. Ribs have been on for about an hour and the temp is set to 225. It has touched 225 a couple times but seems to be hanging around 220 +/- a degree or 2. I think I read the thing has a learning mode and maybe that is why it is not getting it up to and holding at 225. Any thoughts? Thanks.
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A degree variance of 5 degrees should not make a difference. Try opening the cap a smidge and it should raise the temp.
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dperrin said:Thanks Ozzie. Ribs have been on for about an hour and the temp is set to 225. It has touched 225 a couple times but seems to be hanging around 220 +/- a degree or 2. I think I read the thing has a learning mode and maybe that is why it is not getting it up to and holding at 225. Any thoughts? Thanks.
If your fan is in that ballpark then let it ride. If it is running more than that open the SW cap a smidge.
It should sit at 225 just as set. I suspect your cap needs to be opened a little.They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin -
Ozzie_Isaac said:What you are describing is normal. If your temp is stable then your settings are correct. When I run mine the SW cap os open less than the width of a dime. Smoke will puff out from around my gasket in some areas too.
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Here is my cook... Ribs went on at about 12:00 on the time scale. Now just over an hour into the cook. Temp seems to be starting to stabilize closer to 225 now...Please see chart attached.
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Oops, looks like the timescale did not get copied. 12:00 is in the middle of the chart.
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Overall things look good on your graph. I would bump the top open ever so slightly and see if it settles in at 225.They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin
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Thanks all. Looks like I may have jumped the gun on calling in air support from you guys. It now seems like it is settling in at 225. Took over an hour to do it. Appreciate all of your help.
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I turn the learning off on my controller because I swap between my eggs. The few times I ran it with learning, it overshoot and brought the temp back.
It looks like @MichaelCollins may have adjusted the code a little. Either way you are headed to a successful cook.
If you want some fun, put your pit probe in your oven. My last oven had a sawtooth temp profile that was +35/-5 degrees.They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin -
Graphs look okay to me. I usually run the smoke ware cap at about the width of a pencil or less.Marshall in Beautiful Fruit Cove, FL.
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There is my most recent one for your comparison
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Ozzie_Isaac said:I turn the learning off on my controller because I swap between my eggs. The few times I ran it with learning, it overshoot and brought the temp back.
It looks like @MichaelCollins may have adjusted the code a little. Either way you are headed to a successful cook.
If you want some fun, put your pit probe in your oven. My last oven had a sawtooth temp profile that was +35/-5 degrees. -
chuckytheegghead said:Ozzie_Isaac said:I turn the learning off on my controller because I swap between my eggs. The few times I ran it with learning, it overshoot and brought the temp back.
It looks like @MichaelCollins may have adjusted the code a little. Either way you are headed to a successful cook.
If you want some fun, put your pit probe in your oven. My last oven had a sawtooth temp profile that was +35/-5 degrees.They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin -
Ozzie_Isaac said:chuckytheegghead said:Ozzie_Isaac said:I turn the learning off on my controller because I swap between my eggs. The few times I ran it with learning, it overshoot and brought the temp back.
It looks like @MichaelCollins may have adjusted the code a little. Either way you are headed to a successful cook.
If you want some fun, put your pit probe in your oven. My last oven had a sawtooth temp profile that was +35/-5 degrees. -
I open mine the size of a pencil earaser for the 225-250 range, double that for 350.Bill Denver, CO
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I run with no cap on the smokeware unless I need low and slow. At the moment the FB is holding my large at 350 without issue.Two Large Eggs, 6 gal Cajun Fryer, and a MiniMax in Charlotte, NC - My New Table
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Ozzie_Isaac said:I turn the learning off on my controller because I swap between my eggs. The few times I ran it with learning, it overshoot and brought the temp back.
It looks like @MichaelCollins may have adjusted the code a little. Either way you are headed to a successful cook.
If you want some fun, put your pit probe in your oven. My last oven had a sawtooth temp profile that was +35/-5 degrees.
I did notice when i switched grills that it spiked the temp and brought it back down. Had issues keeping the fire going because of the spike and little oxygen during the drop. Also noticed it was a little unstable in the beginning of the cook. I just figured it was a fluke though. Maybe not? -
There is no need to turn off learning to use Flame Boss controller on another cooker. This may have been recommended with an older firmware version. It does not help any longer. Furthermore, your temperature control will be more precise as the cook progresses because of the learning. It is a patent pending feature that none of our competitors' controllers have.
The controllers are programmed to overshoot the set temperature slightly on the initial startup to trigger the learning feature. If your temperature is overshooting more than 10˚, be careful to not let the fire get too large before closing the Egg and installing your controller. -
MichaelCollins said:There is no need to turn off learning to use Flame Boss controller on another cooker. This may have been recommended with an older firmware version. It does not help any longer. Furthermore, your temperature control will be more precise as the cook progresses because of the learning. It is a patent pending feature that none of our competitors' controllers have.
The controllers are programmed to overshoot the set temperature slightly on the initial startup to trigger the learning feature. If your temperature is overshooting more than 10˚, be careful to not let the fire get too large before closing the Egg and installing your controller.
It is likely that the fire was big when I hooked up the Flame Boss. Once the temp settled, it ran a very good for the rest of the cook. I am very happy with the purchase of the Flame Boss.
My biggest struggle is knowing when to put it on. Should I bring the grill up to temp with the FB? Or wait until the grill is stable, then hook it up?
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Cashfan said:My biggest struggle is knowing when to put it on. Should I bring the grill up to temp with the FB? Or wait until the grill is stable, then hook it up?
I prefer to light my grill with my Looftlighter and set up my controller immediately. If I am using a paraffin starter, I will let it burn for 5-8 minutes before installing the controller and closing the lid. Then I prep my meat. By the time my meat is ready to go on the smoker, the temperature of the pit is stable and it has quit puffing out heavy smoke. -
@MichaelCollins is there a way to turn the backlit screen off?
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MichaelCollins said:There is no need to turn off learning to use Flame Boss controller on another cooker. This may have been recommended with an older firmware version. It does not help any longer. Furthermore, your temperature control will be more precise as the cook progresses because of the learning. It is a patent pending feature that none of our competitors' controllers have.
The controllers are programmed to overshoot the set temperature slightly on the initial startup to trigger the learning feature. If your temperature is overshooting more than 10˚, be careful to not let the fire get too large before closing the Egg and installing your controller.
You are correct, the setting change was recommended for a FB100, before the FB200 rumours even started It was a few years ago.They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin -
chuckytheegghead said:@MichaelCollins is there a way to turn the backlit screen off?
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Ozzie_Isaac said:What you are describing is normal. If your temp is stable then your settings are correct. When I run mine the SW cap os open less than the width of a dime. Smoke will puff out from around my gasket in some areas too.
Aledo, Texas
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KJ Jr.
Exodus 12:9 KJV
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
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