Dan H.
TVWBB Pro
Now after several uses would like to post my honest opinion of my "10cfm pitminder guru" used w/ my WSM. Now after several several cooks using this device and learning all the do's and don'ts (no water, etc.) I would like to post because it would be something I would want to read if I was in someones shoes who didn't own one yet. Just my experiences though... I have found that its solid as a rock for anything being cooked for about first hour and a half or two at holding a desired temp. Around that time w/ out failure it slowly creeps up (about a degree every five minutes or slightly more) about an average of i'de say 8-11 degrees. w/ the idea behind it being awsome, I cannot seem to stop this. I have noted that its "happy" w/ temp when breathing about every three seconds or so, which w/ reading manual and just watching tells me its content. that may be 4 seconds but whatever it was at the time i noticed. It climbs in temp while seeming "content" not pausing to choke the air from the coals. w/ out fail every time so far (maybe 7 or 8 cooks). ONE time it held perfectly all day....? This is no big deal but i've learned to prepare for it, if i want 235 for most of the time i shoot for 225 before bed. I wanted one so I could sleep at night... all night w/ out thermometer alarm going off and so I didn't wreck expensive meat. (expensive to me w/ my income). I'm only human in wanting sleep. I'm just saying i feel it would have been better if I paid maybe 80 or so dollars less for it. I even opted for 10 cfm fan to just make sure it had what it needed for the control. If i were new I may quiz people about another unit I've heard of (cant recall name) although I know nothing about it, price or anything. Overall i'm happy w/ it though, dont get me wrong. I always feel like im going against the grain around here lol. Just some thoughts for some of you. I's apparently a branch of something called "thermotech" i believe, but also the "high tech thermometer" doesn't read close to my three others that are within 3 or 4 degrees of one another, this really doesn't bother me at all, I just turn knob to adjust, no big deal at all but again... what the heck, lots of money for this puppy. def. feel that before obviosly the wsm by itself hold excellent, excellent temp. control. I've often been confused as to why it would matter, no matter what a person does wrong (used water in pan for example) why it cant do like it is suppose to and "choke" the air when temp. went up, or blow when went down. but I dont know, i'm the kind of guy who laughs at myself for running ext. cords through cat doors and having wires and stuff hanging off my cooker, too. I feel my "technology" in smoking has gone far enough, lol. Have a good one hope this helps at least someone. -Dan