Current state of affairs on our "late supper"


 
LMichaels

LMichaels

TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
Once again bad planning for our Sunday dinner. But currently have some longer bone short ribs on Big Z. They're now probing between 185 and 195 and beginning to "loosen" up. They're going to have to put up with a MUCH abbreviated rest though. But The Z is running 250 solid as a rock. Note my ambient on the Chef IQ is showing higher. I am running it on the hotter side of the grill (left side) and RTD is on the right side. One mod I think I may do is change where the RTD is to more in the center of the grill if I can figure out a way as I do see a bit of a swing from left to right that becomes more pronounced as you go to higher temps. If I run it at 225 or less it seems to be nearly dead even all the way across. Also have freshly picked sweet corn (local of course), on the Wolf. Coming along.

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FWIW the beef ribs were REALLY good, and the corn. Well I now have my dentist on speed dial for the cavities. And I had a slightly higher glucose reading this AM than I normally see (and I only munched down one ear).
 
Derrick H said:
I am going to have to get a Z. I love me some beef ribs!
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I'll tell ya what. Been living with the Z for about 16 months now. Some things I REALLY love and some things that really kinda PO me. Enough on the PO side I'm not sure I would buy the brand again. On the good side. In decent weather I LOOOOOVE how it cooks and performs. I Love the build quality. It's a true "tank". I use it a lot and it's a piece of cake to maintain.
Tons of cooking space as well. I could honestly see it doing 4 or 5 briskets and maybe even a butt or two all at the same time. Love the sliding top grate.
Stuff that is getting me PO'd enough I would not likely buy this or another Z again. REALLY flaky electronics. In particular their WIFI and app are both not that stable. And the algorithms for the PID cannot keep up with colder weather. So while it can hold like a rock at less than 300 deg when the outside temps are above 45 or so. Dip into anything under 45 especially if you try to use it on a nice day in winter but it's mid 20s, Don't even think about trying to get over 300. As long as you don't expect that out of it, it's great.
So if I were to do it again. I would be buying from a more established brand i.e. Traeger, ReqTec or such. And actually manned tech support not based in China where you have to communicate in the middle of the night.
I am going to try making a shield for the rear vents to cut down on how much heat escapes. Come later in the fall early winter. Maybe the venting is just too generous. IDK. We shall see. I don't dare ask wife for different right now though. She might likely hand serve me my "equipment" for dinner :D
 
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