I cooked two shoulders and a brisket back to back in my ceramic cooker. The pork shoulders went first and this was my very first time with the Stoker.
I though the cook went well. The temp would drop when I open the lid to baste and then would over shoot after coming back to temp and then settle in. This was OK to me and it got a little better when I remembered to tell the Stoker to turn off for 5 min. Although this caused StokerLog to get a telnet error.
When I cooked the brisket I had a problem where after the overshoot, which was a big one, 20 deg, the dip lasted so long, over 30 degrees down, the fire went out. It was deprived of oxygen so long.
I had to take the brisket out and restart the charred wood. Then it almost happened again. The fan would not turn back on until it was more than 10 degrees below the set point. But because of the overshoot being so high, this was more than 30 degrees drop without any venting at the bottom.
To get out of this, I had to manually change the set points so the fan would turn off sooner (to decrease the overshoot) and on sooner (to decrease the undershoot). This seemed to get it back on track although the rest of the cook it the temp wasn't as stable.
What did I do wrong?
Thanks
I though the cook went well. The temp would drop when I open the lid to baste and then would over shoot after coming back to temp and then settle in. This was OK to me and it got a little better when I remembered to tell the Stoker to turn off for 5 min. Although this caused StokerLog to get a telnet error.
When I cooked the brisket I had a problem where after the overshoot, which was a big one, 20 deg, the dip lasted so long, over 30 degrees down, the fire went out. It was deprived of oxygen so long.
I had to take the brisket out and restart the charred wood. Then it almost happened again. The fan would not turn back on until it was more than 10 degrees below the set point. But because of the overshoot being so high, this was more than 30 degrees drop without any venting at the bottom.
To get out of this, I had to manually change the set points so the fan would turn off sooner (to decrease the overshoot) and on sooner (to decrease the undershoot). This seemed to get it back on track although the rest of the cook it the temp wasn't as stable.
What did I do wrong?
Thanks