Pat Romero
TVWBB Super Fan
I know it's wise to protect your ATC from rain, but what's your experience with using ATC in the cold? I am using a Pitmaster IQ110 with a fairly new temp probe. Everything worked fine for about the first 9 hours of the cook with temps dialed in & remaining there. Noticed my Maverick grate temp dropping about an hour ago so I went knock some ash off the coals thinking that would do the trick. Small recovery then temp started dropping again. Looked more closely at my ATC unit & it was indicating that the fire was too hot even though temp was dropping below the set point. I unplugged the unit so that it could reset itself, then I got an alarm showing that the lid was off the smoker (which it wasn't). Pulled the plug on my ATC, cracked one of the other vents open & now I'm finishing off my cook "old school".
The only thing on the surface that I can chalk this up to is that it was sort of a damp cold 35 degrees here in South Louisiana last night. Could the unit being unsheltered from the cold night air have caused this? Anyone experience this sort of thing with their ATC that may have any advice? Thanks in advance for any recommendations!
The only thing on the surface that I can chalk this up to is that it was sort of a damp cold 35 degrees here in South Louisiana last night. Could the unit being unsheltered from the cold night air have caused this? Anyone experience this sort of thing with their ATC that may have any advice? Thanks in advance for any recommendations!