Set up the the CyberQ Wifi for 250. Lit one spot in my Primo XL, set upper door to about 1/8" open, closed the lid and let it go. Within 1/2 hour, temp was inching up to 250. 1 degree overshoot and that's it! In the 1/2 hour, swings from 245 to 252...amazing.
I am completely amazed because my other controller had huge overshoots and bounced around big time, during the first 2 hours. Now I'm 1 1/2 hour into the cook and the CQ is rocking 249 to 251. I was told by the other company that close control of my XL temp would be difficult at best, do to it's oval shape, so I had little hope with the CQ, but I had to try. I'm so glad I did.
Can't wait to use it in the WSM. It should hold rock steady in that.
The "open lid" feature worked great. It took just about 15 minutes for the CQ to get the temp back up to 250, then another 5 or 10 to steady it out to 248 to 251. I am freakin amazed! This is exactly what I expected and hoped my other controller would do, but didn't even come close.
I'm no PID expert, but one interesting difference I saw was that the other controller blower would stay on constant until really close to set temp and by that time, temps were really climbing fast. As a result, overshoot was inevitable and amounted to 30 degrees or more. The CQ started pulsing way below the set temp and approached it degree by degree...it totally made sense.
I don't know how the CQ will do with other temps, but at 250, it's as good as dead on as anyone can expect. And, by the way, wifi held the entire time, unlike my other controller whose connection was tentative at best.
I am completely amazed because my other controller had huge overshoots and bounced around big time, during the first 2 hours. Now I'm 1 1/2 hour into the cook and the CQ is rocking 249 to 251. I was told by the other company that close control of my XL temp would be difficult at best, do to it's oval shape, so I had little hope with the CQ, but I had to try. I'm so glad I did.
Can't wait to use it in the WSM. It should hold rock steady in that.
The "open lid" feature worked great. It took just about 15 minutes for the CQ to get the temp back up to 250, then another 5 or 10 to steady it out to 248 to 251. I am freakin amazed! This is exactly what I expected and hoped my other controller would do, but didn't even come close.
I'm no PID expert, but one interesting difference I saw was that the other controller blower would stay on constant until really close to set temp and by that time, temps were really climbing fast. As a result, overshoot was inevitable and amounted to 30 degrees or more. The CQ started pulsing way below the set temp and approached it degree by degree...it totally made sense.
I don't know how the CQ will do with other temps, but at 250, it's as good as dead on as anyone can expect. And, by the way, wifi held the entire time, unlike my other controller whose connection was tentative at best.
