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David - check out Bryan's BGE settings here. I have a Vision Pro-S and have used these for the most part. I tinkered with dropping the P value as I was seeing some overshoot, but not too bad. Combined with Ralph's notes above, this should help get you where you want to be...

Yeah, I concur with the spotty IFTTT phone calls. I setup a recipe a while back that would call my home phone if my wireless security camera detected motion. I programmed it to repeat the phrase "Intruder Alert, Intruder Alert" a few times, which was cool in the robot voice that called, but it...

Ralph - Do you find the rain through the top vents causes any other issues with your cooks? It rained pretty good here overnight, but it looks like all my meat is fine. I like it through the top to save space on the grill grates with lots of meat. I wouldn't have thought of that before you...

That's perfect, and it looks much nicer than my kids' white snowman bucket that was on there last night ;)

Having put about 6 or 7 low and slow cooks now under my belt since completing my build, I wanted to share that I think I've got it pretty well locked in and know what to expect. I've had a 13 lb full brisket on my kamado since 2pm today and just threw on a 5 lb flat for a late Christmas feast...

WBegg, This is exactly the kind of reply that would make a sensible person be put off by whatever you are trying to do here. I'm not saying you're a bad guy. I don't know you outside of what seems like a bunch of pushy posts I've read here over the past few months. I'm also not trying to insert...

Yeah, I understand. I've only got a few cooks with the HM under my belt and haven't checked out the alarm scripts page. If you cook similar types of meat on the same cooker over and over, you might find that your environment points to a consistent stall and just bake that in. That's the nice...

I know there are options aplenty to set alarms for high and low temps on meat. Is there a function built in, or could be built in, that would notify a user that the meat has slowed heating to the point that it would identify for you that the meat has entered the stall phase of the cook? Would a...

You're absolutely right. The spikes you see are shortly after the lid was opened in both cases. My initial fire build on Saturday wasn't my best effort, was rushed, so I think I may have overburned out of the gate causing less fuel than I should have had yesterday morning as you can see with...

Ralph - I'm with you on the Min back to 0%, but if I'm noticing my blower in the later stages of a long cook needing to go up to at least 80% in the last couple of hours to maintain the temp, I gotta think 30% Max would fail me, right? I still don't think I'm clear on my original question...

There used to be a setting in a previous configuration that was a check box to basically only have the fan come on as needed only after the damper was fully open. It was then explained to me that the On Above set to 99% would do the same thing. I may be misusing the Min/Max/Startup %s though...

I thought the On Above setting at 99% is saying that the fan only comes on when the damper is fully open. And then, the 5% min is saying that it comes on at 5% and up to 100% as needed?

I have been doing an 11lb brisket for a family gathering today with folks in from California to watch the Bears-49ers game. I put it on yesterday at about 4:30pm with temps set at 225. As an aside, I immediately had to leave for a dinner party and was able to use the HeaterMeter web service for...

Mathew - not sure if you were referencing this thread, but I encountered a bad BS170 that caused my blower to run non-stop. If you haven't already, I would suggest reading through this post to see how it was diagnosed...

I've seen others mention 15 mins to temp too, sounds like a good goal.

Nailed 225 in about 30 mins after lighting my fire. I used Bryan's BGE settings to start this time around on my kamado with the top vents open just enough for the Pit probe cable. Everything after the 17:45 mark is noise as I took out my deflector plate, through some steaks on, flipped them...

You are good. I did have my top vent wide open for most of the startup, so I will close that off more tomorrow. I definitely don't have any air leaks. My pit is about as well sealed as could be. Does the HM software track the output of the RD like it does the fan? I see the live reading of...

I was all excited yesterday that I finally had my HM and RD3 ready to go, so I loaded up my kamado's bowl, torched it for about 15 seconds in the middle and put my deflector plate and grill grates back on as if I were doing an long indirect cook at 225, no meat though. After plowing right...

Thanks Jas - I will do that. I wasn't sure if the save image as option when right clicking on the graph should be working.

I can right click to save image as a PNG, but then the image is blank. I can do a print screen shot, but that is a PITA to then get it here. Is there an easier way? I wanted to post my test run today with a question. Thanks!