chapmanruss wrote:
Okay, I have to add this one last thing. I just received a email from Traeger Grills this morning. It reads - Welcome to the next phase of wood fired grilling. Smart Home connectivity lets you control your WiFIRE (registered trademark) enabled grill through Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices with just your voice, giving you more control and convenience than ever before. Just imagine that now someone else in the world can burn your Thanksgiving Turkey by readjusting the temperature remotely.
Yeah, I know WiFi controlled BBQ (smoker) is a vulnerability for hackers, but I have to have it. I used to have a Klose BBQ pit (Houston, TX manufacturer) that was a log burner. I spent about a decade mastering the art of fire and feeding this beast with pecan logs (my preferred wood to smoke with) every 30 minutes. After doing this for a decade, it is a lot of work to tend to a wood fired smoker for 14-16 hours to cook brisket or pork butts. My new rig has a gravity fed charcoal chute. This combined with a WiFi controller (CyberQ from BBQ Guru) and fan means I can relax inside while the meat cooks. From inside, I can record temps and extrapolate the curve so that I can predict when the Thanksgiving turkey will be done. If my curve looks to be off, I can always adjust cook temp to try to do course corrections to hit the meal time that I want. Not to mention, also much tighter temperature control with this setup than my old log burning smoker. I know we are getting off topic a bit from the thread, but hey next week is Thanksgiving and I just have to have my WiFi BBQ.
jsburger wrote:
Dave Klose does absolutely beautiful work. I always wanted one of his rigs. He will make anything you want if he doesn't already make it.
Agreed. Almost shed a tear when I sold it, but with my new rig I can cook over night and get some sleep which is a bonus. Klose spent like an hour on the phone with me on a Sunday to answer my questions before my purchase. I didn't expect that, but it was awesome.
jsburger wrote:
Dave Klose does absolutely beautiful work. I always wanted one of his rigs. He will make anything you want if he doesn't already make it.
Agreed. Almost shed a tear when I sold it, but with my new rig I can cook over night and get some sleep which is a bonus. Klose spent like an hour on the phone with me on a Sunday to answer my questions before my purchase. I didn't expect that, but it was awesome.
How cool is that?
John & Mary Burger
Eagle's Lair Woodshop
Hooper, UT
RF Guy