Smobot

RajunCajun

As the sun began to rise today my morning began with a hot cup of java and the firing up of the BGE.  On went a brisket that will conclude the day later with a good beer, or two.  Connected the Smobot and she is certainly keeping the temp stable.  I am very pleased with my trial run last week as well as what I have seen thus far today.  I find it much easier to get set up and going vs my DigiQ, which allowed me to get cooking as soon as the "smoke cleared".  I think I even learned a thing or two that I always wondered about.  Seems like a great product, super easy to install the wifi feature, coupled with excellent customer service.  I think back to the many years I cooked without the DigiQ and my feeling the need on long cooks to constantly hang out and monitor the temps and make adjustments accordingly.  The Smobot provides the ability to back off a bit and enjoy the day while the cook is taking place.....Smobots got it!! 

evie1370

I just cooked a brisket, with Smobot's assistance,  last weekend too. Went very well.

RajunCajun

evie1370 said:

I just cooked a brisket, with Smobot's assistance,  last weekend too. Went very well.

Good to hear!  I can't wait until the app is released.  Looking forward to the alarms.  Would be great if they added the damper % to the UI.

StillH2OEgger

I will second the app anticipation. Also love the smobot.

RajunCajun

Life is good!  Smobots got it under control.  Couple blips where I opened the lid and one at 11ish where I accidently unplugged the Smobot, other than that, the temp control tightened up very well.  I love new toys. 

stompbox

RajunCajun said:

As the sun began to rise today my morning began with a hot cup of java and the firing up of the BGE.  On went a brisket that will conclude the day later with a good beer, or two.  Connected the Smobot and she is certainly keeping the temp stable.  I am very pleased with my trial run last week as well as what I have seen thus far today.  I find it much easier to get set up and going vs my DigiQ, which allowed me to get cooking as soon as the "smoke cleared".  I think I even learned a thing or two that I always wondered about.  Seems like a great product, super easy to install the wifi feature, coupled with excellent customer service.  I think back to the many years I cooked without the DigiQ and my feeling the need on long cooks to constantly hang out and monitor the temps and make adjustments accordingly.  The Smobot provides the ability to back off a bit and enjoy the day while the cook is taking place.....Smobots got it!! 

You didn’t expand on what you learned.......

smobot is awesome!

RajunCajun

@stompbox , What did I learn he asks.  Well, my fellow scholar, I have always purchased BIG briskets, like in the 14-15lb range.  Doing so presented a problem in that I didn't have a big enough marinating container....and so I would cut the flat off and smoke it on my second tier....but only having one food probe with my DigiQ, I was only able to monitor one piece of meat at a given time.  The Smobot enables me to monitor TWO pieces and do so remotely....AND graphs the data for you.  So, back to your question.  If you look at the graph for #2 at the time the flat was put on, you can see a smaller delta between ambient and the meat temp.  Then, look at the heat up slope of the two and compare.  What I see is the flat pushed through and reached the stall temp at a different rate and ultimately reached my goal temp faster by pushing through the stall at a totally different rate.  What I really learned is I can now pull the flat at the perfect time and yield excellent results....this explains why my flats were hit or miss in the past, while the point was always cooked to perfection.  With that said, 10hrs into my cook, the point is nearing my goal temp and I am about to FTC it.  It probes like buttah.  The second thing I learned is that there is always room for a better mousetrap.  Those are my immediate thoughts.....which I reserve the right to change.