sumrtym Posted August 20, 2007 Report Posted August 20, 2007 Waterproof housing, expanded temp range (32 to 475 degrees F), new armored high-temp probes (700 degree F rated), open lid sensor, and even higher accuracy on sense / control. http://www.thebbqguruforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=363 Pricing is $159 PLUS fan and adaptor.
TheNakedWhiz Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 FWIW, I spoke with Fred today and he isn't sure about the 700 degree number. They may back off of that once he gets a chance to review it. But still, a great little package. I should be getting one to do a review soon, I hope.
cruzmisl Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 I don't really care about the upper temp limit. I like the fact it's waterproof and tiny
sumrtym Posted August 21, 2007 Author Report Posted August 21, 2007 I wonder how well the open lid sensor works as it doesn't actually attach a switch or anything to your cooker, it measures it from the heat drop opening the cooker.....not sure about that working right 100% of the time and recovering correctly. If it does, great, but I'd really like nakedwhiz to test the heck out of that part of it. I just know he's gonna cook in a thunderstorm for us too to test the rain-proofness. The picture seems off to me on the display though. Where it shows the temp, I don't see a light or anything signifying if that was pit, meat, etc. even though there is a label for it (should be a dot or arrow lighted in that pic?)
Curly Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 $159, wow, didn't they used to be in the upper $200's or something. Finally, a Guru for us commoners
Sanny Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 $159' date=' wow, didn't they used to be in the upper $200's or something. Finally, a Guru for us commoners [/quote']Speak for yourself! That interferes with my chocolate budget! And without chocolate, people die. I mean, they don't die if THEY don't get chocolate. They die if *I* don't get chocolate!
Amphoran Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 Which temperature it is (meat or pit) ought to be pretty clear from the context - at least after things are fired up. Only the very germophobic would savor meat at 275
TheNakedWhiz Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 I think the 159 price doesn't include the blower and adapter. A competitor with blower and adapter was around 225 as I remember.
ThreeDJ16 Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 $159' date=' wow, didn't they used to be in the upper $200's or something. Finally, a Guru for us commoners [/quote'] Need fan and adapter as that is just for the control unit. -=Jasen=-
ThreeDJ16 Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 Which temperature it is (meat or pit) ought to be pretty clear from the context - at least after things are fired up. Only the very germophobic would savor meat at 275 The competetor model has both a meat and a pit probes. -=Jasen=-
ThreeDJ16 Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 I wonder how well the open lid sensor works as it doesn't actually attach a switch or anything to your cooker, it measures it from the heat drop opening the cooker.....not sure about that working right 100% of the time and recovering correctly. If it does, great, but I'd really like nakedwhiz to test the heck out of that part of it. I just know he's gonna cook in a thunderstorm for us too to test the rain-proofness. The picture seems off to me on the display though. Where it shows the temp, I don't see a light or anything signifying if that was pit, meat, etc. even though there is a label for it (should be a dot or arrow lighted in that pic?) My lid open function works great - viewtopic.php?t=651 . I was hoping Guru would incorporate something similar with some adjustments built in. Maybe they will at least allow you to custom set the temp drop at which it kicks off at. Will be interesting to find out exactly how it will function since they really gave little details on their forum about it. -=Jasen=-
