RWilloughby
TVWBB Member
I smoked a pork shoulder on Saturday and it turned out awesome, best one I've made. I started it at 10:30pm Friday night and it was going great until 11:30am. I checked my display and it was stalled it seemed at 130. I came back at 12pm and the screen was gibberish, box was hot - backing in the mid day sun... I opened the case, brought it inside to cool down. Moved a umbrella over my cooking setup and plugged the HM back in and my display is back, but can't view remotely. I come back an hour later an no change in temp, so I let it go another 2 hrs. Still no change! Something is up, so I grab another thermometer and manually check it, 210... I pull it and wrap it up to rest.
As its resting I bring in my HM and probes. My thermocouple probe is fine, but my Maverick probes are now reading 45 degrees resting on the counter??? I turned it off and tested it again a couple hours later with the same results. When I put my hand on it, the temp raises up a few degrees so they are still somewhat alive. These probes were in the meat and not exposed to anything over 300. So I'm confused why they would be out of wack.
The other casualty to report is my RasPi Zero W... after all the work getting it up and running on the HM, its now dead I believe. As soon as I plug it into a usb power, the board gets really hot. From what I've read, that means its either on its way or its already dead.. I'm not batting too well with this....
So the question is, do I get new probes, or is there something off elsewhere? Until I get a new RasPi, I can't do any in depth testing...
As its resting I bring in my HM and probes. My thermocouple probe is fine, but my Maverick probes are now reading 45 degrees resting on the counter??? I turned it off and tested it again a couple hours later with the same results. When I put my hand on it, the temp raises up a few degrees so they are still somewhat alive. These probes were in the meat and not exposed to anything over 300. So I'm confused why they would be out of wack.
The other casualty to report is my RasPi Zero W... after all the work getting it up and running on the HM, its now dead I believe. As soon as I plug it into a usb power, the board gets really hot. From what I've read, that means its either on its way or its already dead.. I'm not batting too well with this....
So the question is, do I get new probes, or is there something off elsewhere? Until I get a new RasPi, I can't do any in depth testing...