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A SMOBOT trick

Botch
Botch Posts: 17,367
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I love my SMOBOT.  At the end of a cook, though, when the food's hot and things get hectic, it's a bit of a hassle to have to remove the SMOBOT cap, CPU, and battery, find a safe place to set the hot cap down, find the ceramic cap, etc, to kill the fire.
 
[21st Century problems!  Cue the violins!]
 
Last cook, it finally hit me.  I turned the battery off, then turned it back on; when the SMOBOT boots up it cycles the top, first to wide open, then to fully closed, and then to whatever the temp was set.  I just turned the battery back off when it cycled to fully closed, and there it stayed!
 
A simple thing, maybe, but I'm glad I figured it out.  :glasses:  

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

              - Mark Twain 

Ogden, UT, USA


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  • sumoconnell
    sumoconnell Posts: 1,932
    Maybe they could add an "shut down" feature that closes the damper - bet it would be a firmware upgrade.  Good work around!
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    Austin, Texas.  I'm the guy holding a beer.
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  • Dondgc
    Dondgc Posts: 709
    I still struggle with mine losing temp control about five hours in. First five hours are absolutely perfect then it starts getting hotter and hotter and will gain 50 degrees or more. I was hopeful a new gasket would fix that but it hasn’t happened. How big a gap do you set on your bottom vent? Maybe I’m just letting the egg have too much access to air. 
    New Orleans LA
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,367
    Dondgc said:
    I still struggle with mine losing temp control about five hours in. First five hours are absolutely perfect then it starts getting hotter and hotter and will gain 50 degrees or more. I was hopeful a new gasket would fix that but it hasn’t happened. How big a gap do you set on your bottom vent? Maybe I’m just letting the egg have too much access to air. 
    I always have mine set halfway open, per the OEM.  Curious that yours works okay for five hours, and then starts opening....?  

    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

                  - Mark Twain 

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • 6baluts
    6baluts Posts: 303
    I luckily have not had any issues with mine. Prior to buying mine I talked to Curtis via text asked quite a bit of questions concerning lower damper settings. Relayed to him I cooked s bunch in the late 70’s on a Kikuya Hibatchi Pot and a Mushimoto sans any daisy wheel. To make a long story short Curtis passed to me a couple lower damper settings that have pretty much flat lined my cooks vice using the one size fits all half open as discussed in the directions.
    - bottom slide damper 3/4” open 225 degrees
    - bottom slide damper 1” to 1.5” open 280 degrees
    - bottom slide damper 2” open 350 degrees.
    For you experiencing continual rise in temp can you recollect the placement of your pit probe? How close to meat? If using a v-rack or rib rack how close to that.
    I am not in the group that attaches their pit probe to their dome thermo. I know many do it works for them.

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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    When I run mine the controller and battery pack are in a waterproof container so I'm not worried about the weather and thus in no hurry to pack everything up.

    All I do is turn it off. Turned off you can easily manually move the damper to the fully closed position - no other jumping thru hoops required.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,367
    HeavyG said:

    All I do is turn it off. Turned off you can easily manually move the damper to the fully closed position - no other jumping thru hoops required.
    My method toggles a rocker switch.  Your method burns fingers.  :tongue:  

    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

                  - Mark Twain 

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Botch said:
    HeavyG said:

    All I do is turn it off. Turned off you can easily manually move the damper to the fully closed position - no other jumping thru hoops required.
    My method toggles a rocker switch.  Your method burns fingers.  :tongue:  

    So that is how my fingertips get those 2nd degree burn blisters whenever I use my SmoBot.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • bubbajack
    bubbajack Posts: 1,168
    My Smobot is bad a$$....
    I drink cheap beer so I can afford good bourbon.

    Salisbury, NC...... XL,Lx3,Mx2,S, MM, Mini BGE, FireDisc x2. Blackstone 22", Offset smoker, weber kettle 22"


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