Time to reach set temperature using Auber

[BBQ-Me-Up_Scotty]

Having auto-tuned my Auber 1520H last weekend, I did a relatively short smoke of a pork tenderloin this evening. The outdoor temperature when I started was 95 F. and that's also the cabinet temperature shown by the Auber at the start of the cook. I had the Auber set to 250 F. It took 21 minutes for the cabinet temperature to rise to 225 F. and a full hour before it got up to 250 F. That seemed like a long time to me compared to my experience running my #2 without the Auber.

My question is whether it's normal when using the Auber PID controller for it to take an hour to hit 250 F.

 

[old sarge]

When you did the auto tune, did you have a dummy load simulating meat in the smoker?

 

[BBQ-Me-Up_Scotty]

Yes, I used a standard loaf pan filled with damp white sand. Since the auto-tune, the Auber has been great in holding temperature within 1-3 degrees of the set point, and I don't have a permanently mounted cabinet temperature probe at this time (planning to do it later).