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    The Stoker wait begins

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    Pulled the trigger Thursday and ordered the Stoker with an additional food probe after reading all the reviews on this site. Happy to join the cool club. Now I wait. 

    LBGE - 2/12/2015

    Chesapeake, VA

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      I'm in exact same boat. Ordered on Thursday as well. I'll let you know if I hear anything 
      Big Green Egg: Large & Mini Max
      Kamado Joe: Classic

      Chicago, IL
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      Ordered mine on the 12th Arrival date is this coming Monday...already downloaded Pit Pal on my Android and IPad 
      Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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      Was thinking about building the watertight box this weekend but not sure what size I should buy. Any suggestions? 

      LBGE - 2/12/2015

      Chesapeake, VA

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      edited March 2015
      I have mine in a Pelican Case #1400, the interior dimensions are 11.8" L x 8.8" W x 5.2" H. The Stoker itself is 5.5" W x 5.5"L x 2"H, with probes in front and back you need 7.5" L.
      Gambrills,Maryland

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      I just placed an order just now. Now I need to do some homework on this wifi stuff.  No idea how to "port forward" or create a "static IP" or any of that. I feel a headache coming on.
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      @stompbox, docs on Rocks website are excellent.

      LBGE - 2/12/2015

      Chesapeake, VA

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      Thanks Fireman_Joe!

      LBGE - 2/12/2015

      Chesapeake, VA

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      Blassiter said:
      @stompbox, docs on Rocks website are excellent.

      I just DL'd them and took a look.

      I also took at the review in the Naked Wiz and it looks like my screen is similar to that one so I will probably try to use both at the same time.  They have lots of screen caps that show exactly where to do things. Looks very helpful.


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      Fireman_Joe said:
      I have mine in a Pelican Case #1400, the interior dimensions are 11.8" L x 8.8" W x 5.2" H. The Stoker itself is 5.5" W x 5.5"L x 2"H, with probes in front and back you need 7.5" L.
      Thanks for this Joe! I too was going to figure out how to keep the Chicago rain off this thing. I might just go this path as well.
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      Kamado Joe: Classic

      Chicago, IL
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      @Fireman_Joe How do you feed the cables out of the Pelican? Is there a cable port out the front of the case near the handle?
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      Kamado Joe: Classic

      Chicago, IL
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      edited March 2015
      On the front of the case is a removal name plate piece, I have a couple of holes drilled out behind it to run the cables out, when not using cables are in box and I slide the name plate back in.

      FYI: You can get away with a smaller box but I store the stoker which is mounted on the U shape bracket that I got from Rocks BBQ, 2-Grid Probes, 3-Food Probes, 2-Fans, power unit, and my thermapen. I also taped a heating chart from Amazing Ribs in the lid of the box just in case I forgot what temperatures I need to cook things at. Old age getting to me ! LOL
      Gambrills,Maryland

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      stompbox said:
      I just placed an order just now. Now I need to do some homework on this wifi stuff.  No idea how to "port forward" or create a "static IP" or any of that. I feel a headache coming on.
      I'm reading through the Doc for setup and I'm laughing. They did a job explaining DHCP/Static routing, etc. I would love to see them explain setting up IPV6 and separating the Voice & Data VLAN and applying QoS across the LAN back to the MPLS Cloud PE ;) (For any networking geeks out there).
      Big Green Egg: Large & Mini Max
      Kamado Joe: Classic

      Chicago, IL
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      I will take a couple of pictures of the box when I get home in a couple of hours.

      Gambrills,Maryland

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      Fireman_Joe said:
      I will take a couple of pictures of the box when I get home in a couple of hours.

      Awesome. I see your in FL and I was wondering how much heat does the Stoker generate? Any concerns with running the Stoker with the Pelican closed down?
      Big Green Egg: Large & Mini Max
      Kamado Joe: Classic

      Chicago, IL
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      edited March 2015
      Never had a heat issue with it so far, never really thought about this HostileHarry. Next long cook I will keep one of the food probes in the box and see what it records. I never snap the lid shut on the case and never had any water get inside case from the five holes on the front or the lid not snapped shut.
      Gambrills,Maryland

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      Welcome to the dark side.

      I was making a brisket last night with my brother-in-law and my young nephew.  He was watching me add the lump, get it started, add the oak chunks, etc.

      I got to a point, though, where I told him, "Everything you have seen up to this point is how any self respecting Texan would go about smoking a brisket.  But, what I'm about to do is the lowest, dirtiest, cheatin'est thing in the world." and I proceeded to hook up my Stoker.

      I bought mine about 8 years ago the second time my fire went out doing an overnight pork butt when it was <20 deg outside.  While better cooks than me can manage it, relighting a fire in the middle of the night when it is snowing on you isn't a bucket of laughs.

      I haven't switched over to WiFi, however.  A man has to draw the line somewhere.

      Enjoy!
      (now only 16 stone)

      Joule SV
      GE induction stove
      Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
      Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
      Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
      Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
      Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
      Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

      Austin, TX
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      Gambrills,Maryland

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      Ahh so you cut out a few of those holes and removed all the foam. nice setup.
      Big Green Egg: Large & Mini Max
      Kamado Joe: Classic

      Chicago, IL
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      edited March 2015
      I ordered 2 cases without the foam, saved a couple of bucks. Missing in the picture is one additional fan and 3 probes as they are in use by my son.
      Gambrills,Maryland

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      @fireman_joe, how is the wifi reception with box closed?

      LBGE - 2/12/2015

      Chesapeake, VA

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      No problem with it closed
      Gambrills,Maryland

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      Really like that box. May have to attempt something similar. Thanks!

      LBGE - 2/12/2015

      Chesapeake, VA

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      @hostileharry or @stompbox, you hear anything yet about your Stoker shipping?

      LBGE - 2/12/2015

      Chesapeake, VA

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      No. But, I just ordered on Saturday so I did not expect to hear anything yet.  Particularly when they are still running the sale.

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      stompbox said:
      No. But, I just ordered on Saturday so I did not expect to hear anything yet.  Particularly when they are still running the sale.

      I think they are getting caught up, mine came a couple days before schedule 
      Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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      @stompbox    What worked for me is a DHCP reservation by MAC address.   I simply went to my router config and reserved an ip for my stoker based its MAC address.   When my router sees my stoker's MAC address, it automatically assigns the reserved ip.  When to stoker is offline, my router doesn't assign the IP address and keeps it in reserve.  The stoker doesn't know different as dhcp is handing out the ip as usual....it just gives the stoker the same one each time.  Therefore I didn't need any extra config on the Stoker side.  As for port forwarding, again, in the router config you simply tell it to route this type of traffic to this specific ip.  Varies a bit by router but the concept is the same.  Lastly, you can then use a DNS service and create an alias to get to your stoker.  "Joe BGE at my domain.com" as an example.  This is handy as over time your ISP will change your modem's IP address.  So, unless you always know what this is, you may not be able to connect to your stoker.  The DNS resolves your name to the modem's ip and through a little service running on your Mac/PC, keeps your ip in sync.   Sounds like a lot but it really isn't too bad.  Hope this helps. 
      Joe - I'm a reformed gasser-holic aka 4Runner Columbia, SC Wonderful BGE Resource Site: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm and http://www.nibblemethis.com/  and http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2006/02/recipes.html
      What am I drinking now?   Woodford....neat
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      4Runner said:

      @stompbox    What worked for me is a DHCP reservation by MAC address.   I simply went to my router config and reserved an ip for my stoker based its MAC address.   When my router sees my stoker's MAC address, it automatically assigns the reserved ip.  When to stoker is offline, my router doesn't assign the IP address and keeps it in reserve.  The stoker doesn't know different as dhcp is handing out the ip as usual....it just gives the stoker the same one each time.  Therefore I didn't need any extra config on the Stoker side.  As for port forwarding, again, in the router config you simply tell it to route this type of traffic to this specific ip.  Varies a bit by router but the concept is the same.  Lastly, you can then use a DNS service and create an alias to get to your stoker.  "Joe BGE at my domain.com" as an example.  This is handy as over time your ISP will change your modem's IP address.  So, unless you always know what this is, you may not be able to connect to your stoker.  The DNS resolves your name to the modem's ip and through a little service running on your Mac/PC, keeps your ip in sync.   Sounds like a lot but it really isn't too bad.  Hope this helps. 
      You lost me at DHCP =)
      Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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      Blassiter said:

      @hostileharry or @stompbox, you hear anything yet about your Stoker shipping?

      Order remains 'in process' status. 
      Big Green Egg: Large & Mini Max
      Kamado Joe: Classic

      Chicago, IL
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