Tony L-Iowa
TVWBB Fan
Hello, I stumbled on this HeaterMeter after some discussion over in the smokinitforums.com forums. I'm considering taking on building this project but I'd like to know if it has potential for adaptation to our needs with the Smoking-It brand of electric smokers (Lazy-Q smokers). We have lots of users (I'm new and looking for better options) on our forum that modify their smokers to utilize the Auber PID Smoker Controller, Dual Probes 1200 watts. These PID Aubers allow up to 6 step programs that can operate based on time or food temps (feedback from probe). The details of this operation are described clearly in the following PDF (pages 2-4):
http://www.smokin-it.com/v/vspfiles/files/AuberSmokinItSimpleIntructions.pdf
These Auber PID's appear to be near the $200 range. So, I would like to know if I can attempt the HeaterMeter project and get it to do essentially the same operations (with cooler features like the wifi enablement, Linkmeter status, and support up to 4 probes) and nearly the same price. It appears the HeaterMeter PID operations are geared at FAN controls for the egg smokers but I wonder how easily this could adapt to something like our Smoking-It smokers using some other accessories like the Solid State Relay (SSR)? If this sounds feasible I think I may take the plunge and try building this project as a community first example for our smokingitforums.com users. I have a computer engineering degree with software experience and some prior hardware "home project" experience but it has been a while since I've done anything like this just for the fun of it.
Looking forward to your feedback and potentially working with some of you in the near future!
Tony
http://www.smokin-it.com/v/vspfiles/files/AuberSmokinItSimpleIntructions.pdf
These Auber PID's appear to be near the $200 range. So, I would like to know if I can attempt the HeaterMeter project and get it to do essentially the same operations (with cooler features like the wifi enablement, Linkmeter status, and support up to 4 probes) and nearly the same price. It appears the HeaterMeter PID operations are geared at FAN controls for the egg smokers but I wonder how easily this could adapt to something like our Smoking-It smokers using some other accessories like the Solid State Relay (SSR)? If this sounds feasible I think I may take the plunge and try building this project as a community first example for our smokingitforums.com users. I have a computer engineering degree with software experience and some prior hardware "home project" experience but it has been a while since I've done anything like this just for the fun of it.
Looking forward to your feedback and potentially working with some of you in the near future!
Tony