Recent content by Derrick Russ

Would you have schematics or plans for this waterproof junction box? That sounds like something I would be interested in trying to build.

It is stereo. I think it is the quality of the cable and the length of the run (20'). I have heard that the quality of the cable may be the issue as the fan may draw too much power for this length of run and resistance of the cable. I am looking for a shorter run to see it that may help as I...

I need an extension cable for my blower fan. I purchased one of the 20 foot (only length they had) 1/4 in stereo extension cables from Radio shack as I had heard that would work. Unfortunately when it is plugged in and then connected to the fan the Stoker does not find any probes or blowers...

On the probe tear down, yes it does show spikes in the stoker graph, however if you are only interested in having this as a log you can use excel to chart each cook. You have to make a copy of each stoker log file between each cook (he, would a new log file with a timestamped creation date be...

Amir - I am going to second, if not already clear, that I think this is the best thing since sliced bread. I will try this experiment with a couple of more cooks. I have some prior logs saved some with several meats on during the cook. I will run the same analysis on each of them and send...

Larger margin of error didn't really change anything but on looking back I wouldn't think it would. I guess the real difference is in the sample size and in that case I am leaning to the 10 min or 40 min sizes.

OK. I uploaded my last few cooks into excel and then used various samples sizes 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes and 40 minutes. For each, I used only 1 sample per minute (the logs seem to only record one sample a minute to this worked well). As a measure of accuracy I used a...

OK. I think I figured this out today. If I am not mistaken, you just fiddle with the CAL number up or down to get the temp to your target known temp (in my case 212.4 given water boiling at my elevation and barometric pressure today). This will then pop the temp up or down as you change the...

Well your ideas surpass mine at this point. I was just looking at something basic like looking at the last 10-15-20-25-30-etc. minutes to use as the prediction sample. I was just baffled that the timer would continue to increase to the point that it finally went away and then still had a few...

Quick question and thought on the predict when done feature. First, does it use the excel forecast function for the entire log of that probe? The reason I ask is that I notice mine are seldom anywhere near the target and it keeps updating until the point where I pass the prediction and...

Thanks. I read through that thread and there was some helpful information and now I know that it is possible for the owner to calibrate the stoker. That said; my manual and that thread do not really explain the how? I can figure out how to enter the CAL number in the stoker, but how to I...

I notice in the documentation of the stoker that the probes are supposed to come with a "CAL Number" for each in the manual that was provided. I can only assume this is a "calibration number". Mine did not and I am wondering if my probe temps are off just a bit. The reason I wonder is I just...

I am not sure I would use this "auto shift" feature in order to break a plateau (possibly) but I would certainly be interested in it for the Turkey example as well as the reverse if I am doing prime rib. When doing prime rib, I like to start off hot for the first few degrees to help form a good...

Here is a sample graphing of a cook I did on Saturday with a butt on the Bandera. I gave up on creating a template as I either just can't figure out how to do it knowing that the probes, meats, duration of cook, etc. can change too much from one StokerLog.txt file to another. Not to mention if...

I created a graph from two cooks with the text file. I am going to toy with a template.