cruzmisl Posted January 24, 2010 Report Posted January 24, 2010 The other day I bought a 10lb butt and decided to throw it on after work. I got home around 11 set my guru up and got the temps of my cooker stable. I toss the injected pork on at around 1am and went to bed. I got up around 7am and checked the cooker. My guru is flashing "lo". I'm thinking this is strange but the fan froze due to the extremely cold temperatures. There was a huge icicle hanging from the fan So I brought the fan inside to thaw it out, rebuild the fire and set the guru back up and go back to bed. I woke up at 11am and check the cooker again. Now my guru is flashing "done". Trouble is it shouldn't have been done that fast. I checked the temp of the cooker and its at 400f I opened the lid and my butt looked like a meteor. That's disappointing. The winds had really kicked up and my rear gas door was slightly ajar from when I cleaned out the ash so the guru didn't stand a chance. The interior of the butt was still edible but the bark was like asphalt....booooo. Since then I sealed the rear door shut with some red silicone so hopefully it won't happen again. The moral of the story-check your rear door. Joe
jdbower Posted January 25, 2010 Report Posted January 25, 2010 Re: What a drag.... That stinks! I've had strong wind across the slightly open top damper (curse you, Bernoulli!) cause the temperature to rise a bit but never enough to kill a cook. The moral of the story-check your rear door. Not a problem for me, I just keep an eye on StokerLog from the warmth of my house
cruzmisl Posted January 25, 2010 Author Report Posted January 25, 2010 Re: What a drag.... Not a problem for me' date=' I just keep an eye on StokerLog from the warmth of my house [/quote'] Ooooh, them is fighting words. I see a Guru vs Stoker argument coming.....
Firemonkey Posted January 25, 2010 Report Posted January 25, 2010 No need for that argument... I have never had any fan or controller problems because I set my airflow manually - Old Skool
