Auger/Temp Swing Issue?
Posted: November 2nd, 2021, 10:23 am
Greetings:
I cooked a couple of pork butts on my YS640s. Here's the session: https://share.fireboard.io/301169#drive=1
Weather was cloudy in the upper 40s. My cook was plagued by temp swings--I have cooked in colder weather than that and not had any issues. I clean the grill regularly, vacuum ash after each smoke, etc.
The unit had a lot of trouble holding at 225 through the first many hours, even getting down to the low 180s. It seemed to do better at 250 than 225, but I still had several steep drops without opening the lid or messing with the smoker. In checking around online it seems that the auger behavior is unusual--I was using Lumberjack Competition Blend pellets for this cook.
Is this normal behavior for the ACS? I just haven't seen this before and although it is a new smoker, we use it several times per week.
I cooked a couple of pork butts on my YS640s. Here's the session: https://share.fireboard.io/301169#drive=1
Weather was cloudy in the upper 40s. My cook was plagued by temp swings--I have cooked in colder weather than that and not had any issues. I clean the grill regularly, vacuum ash after each smoke, etc.
The unit had a lot of trouble holding at 225 through the first many hours, even getting down to the low 180s. It seemed to do better at 250 than 225, but I still had several steep drops without opening the lid or messing with the smoker. In checking around online it seems that the auger behavior is unusual--I was using Lumberjack Competition Blend pellets for this cook.
Is this normal behavior for the ACS? I just haven't seen this before and although it is a new smoker, we use it several times per week.