Which Guru Fan

otisdog · November 2009

I'm think I'm finally going to get my first guru. I've got a LBGE. What works best with a LBGE, the Pit runner 4CFM or Pit Viper at 10CFM? I've found,(as recommended on the forum) a small battery fan works better at force feeding air than a larger one and I'm wondering if this will prove true with the DigiQII

Thanks in advance

RRP · November 2009

I have the 10 based on the premise that I can throttle a 10 back to a 4 but a 4 can't go to 10.

lowercasebill · November 2009

10 cfm it has a little slider door to damp down the opening ,, it is more versitile than the 4

Crimsongator · November 2009

I ran a 4 on my large for a few years with no problem. I now have a 10 and use it on the L and XL. If you go with the 10, I would suggest closing the draft down slightly so you don't overshoot temps.

Little Steven · November 2009

If you go with the ten, make sure you throttle it back to a quarter moon shape. Otherwise you will draught enough air when it isn't running to overshoot.

Steve

otisdog · November 2009

Thanks for the responses. I'm really looking forward to sleeping more at night during cooks.

lowercasebill · November 2009

i run a cyberQ and have not had any overshoot.. suggest you pay attention to those with a digi and damp it down

TNmike · November 2009

I use the 10 cfm with both my XL and small, never tried it on the mini. As suggested throttle it down. Even with the XL if it is windy too much air will enter and can over shoot the desired temp even with the petals barely open.

danny285 · November 2009

I dont do over nite cooks with my LrBGE but the 10cfm fan works great on it.

James MB · November 2009

otisdog wrote:

I've found,(as recommended on the forum) a small battery fan works better at force feeding air than a larger one and I'm wondering if this will prove true with the DigiQII

Thanks in advance

This is probably because a large fan just pushes lots of air AROUND the egg rather than into it. In the case of the Guru fans all the air is directed INTO the egg so the above small = better doesn't hold.

For a large the concensus seems to be 4 is fine, 10 has more options as you can throttle it back which also gives the benefit of lower natural draft during fan off cycles.

Beanie-Bean · November 2009

I have that fan, and use it on all my cookers--S, L, and XL.

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