Recent content by Darrin H

I went ahead and bought a Flame Boss 300. Some things I really like about it (over the Stoker 1 I have/had): 1. Keeps temperature like a champ. Check out the temp graph of first cook I did yesterday. 2. Easy access to wi-fi, auto BIOS updates when connected to internet 3. Customer service is...

I'm sorry if this has been posted in a sticky or other post. I looked and didn't see what I was looking for. What temperature controller options exist for the WSM *outside* of the Stoker? I'd like to get my WSM fired up again for the summertime and would like to see what real options exist...

On another of the forums I frequent, somebody was going on and on about the merits of smoked honey. While I didn't see the point of it at first, I can now envision it being used as part of a glaze for fish or poultry, and it is popular to put into ice cream. Any idea of how to approach this...

After being out of the smoker world due to RL concerns for a while, I finally got my 22" WSM and stoker out and did some St. Louis ribs this past weekend. Ribs came out fine, but oh lordy was I worried for a bit. Take a look at the overshoots: I am assuming that the overshoots are because I...

You shouldn't need anything. By the way, you don't need to be cooking to test this. Just connect to stoker, set the blower temp to below room temperature being shown and see if the fan indicator comes on. Indeed, it is best to do this indoor so that you can see/hear the fan next to your...

You shouldn't need anything. By the way, you don't need to be cooking to test this. Just connect to stoker, set the blower temp to below room temperature being shown and see if the fan indicator comes on. Indeed, it is best to do this indoor so that you can see/hear the fan next to your...

Hi Amir: I was tired on Saturday after the cook, and somewhat frustrated with my computer. I'm going to try another cook either this or next weekend, with a fresh reboot of my Win7 system to try and isolate the issue, I'm guessing it is probably something on my end vs the software. Is there...

LOL I should have read this before posting in other thread. Oops! Thanks for the info

James: To be fair, I didnt ask Kenny about the wi-fi, I just kinda assumed (yeah I know) that it was enabled. No worries, it will be fun to use when enabled. The auto-update works well, and I am assuming (yes again) that is going to be how the stoker unit gets updated.

Hi Amir: Thanks for the complement, they really turned out great. I have the black stoker with the wi-fi (am really looking forward to seeing if the wi-fi will work well in my living environment).

I just completed my first cook with the Stoker. Anybody buying one should pay close attention to the part about keeping the load of charcoal even. I decided to use a horseshoe to keep the space in front of the blow free, bad idea as temp spiked a bit more than an hour into the cook: (I...

@Jeff: Yeah kinda disappointing, but Id rather it be somewhat tested before released. On the plus side, the black > white IMO. And yes, that would explain the difference in versions. Auto-update worked well once I had the network info, they will hopefully update that way.

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong, but the fan doesnt seem to be reporting its status to Stokerlog. I've assigned the blower to the sensor so thats not the issue, any ideas? Thanks!

Thanks for the information, I'm not going nuts. Interesting that their site lists the wi-fi as being currently available. I'm curious how you know that the units are shipping with the feature disabled, is there some secret information warehouse I dont know about? Unit seem solid, and Kenny...

I just got my Stoker unpacked and am working on my first cook with it. I asked this same question earlier (Subject Stoker Wi-Fi). According to a helpful poster here, the Wi-Fi Stokers have been shipping with the Wi-Fi disabled. Not sure why (other than they may still be working on code), but...