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TmanEater

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Graphing my spatchcock chicken cook
« on: March 21, 2015, 03:56:49 PM »
Starting my live spatchcock chicken cook now watch my HeaterMeter PID in action here:

http://bbq.tonylyne.com
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Tony from Marion, IA

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Re: Graphing my spatchcock chicken cook
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2015, 05:08:44 PM »
I feel that if we watch your BBQ cooking, we deserve to have some.
the SI#4 should be named "The American" because you can do everything in excess with it.  Just because you can.  'Murica!

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Re: Graphing my spatchcock chicken cook
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2015, 08:18:24 PM »
Well... I had a problem today. My PID control stopped in the middle of the smoke. Luckily, I caught it within 30 mins and flipped back to analog control to finish out the smoke.


Took it apart tonight. Found out I shouldn't have the SSR near the heating element. Things heated up and melted the SSR and some of the control wires. I moved the SSR outside and underneath the smoker now. This should take care of the heat issue and saved me from having to re-wire.


Chicken turned out good when I switched back to stock controller from the PID controller (sure glad I put the bypass switch in as it saved my smoke this time).
« Last Edit: March 22, 2015, 03:10:02 AM by TmanEater »
Smokin Newbie starting Dec. 2014... Learning Lazy-Q As Fast as I can!
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Monitor my live smokes at http://bbq.tonylyne.com

Tony from Marion, IA