Just a small note of caution on OBS with upgrade

[love the smoke]

I smoked 8 full racks of ribs the other weekend for a graduation party in my dual heating element upgraded OBS.

Just a word of caution for the people who have upgraded there OBS when you load that much cold meat into the smoker and the PID says giddy-up and turns on both elements wide open that is a lot of heat directed at the bottom set of ribs, I did not get to rotating the racks in time so the bottom rack of ribs the underside was pretty charred, so just remember to rotate your racks if you have a lot of cold meat to heat up  :)

Oh the rest turned out fantastic 3-2-1 method

[classicrockgriller]

Thanks for the heads-up on the giddy-up.

That is a good thought.

[TestRocket]

Good advice for me as I'm waiting on my second element any day now and have dropped the hint for the dual probe PID for Father's day (or BD, only two days apart). Thanks!

[Habanero Smoker]

Where was your probe located? I keep my probe between the meat and the direct heat source. That seems to prevent or minimize my bottom rack from over cooking to the extent it happened to you.

[love the smoke]

Probe is located just below the third rack, maybe should move it down a rack


LTS

[FLBentRider]

If you think about the thermodynamics involved here, if you put (cold) food between the element and the PID probe, the PID is going to really overcook that food, since it is taking away heat from the food above.

I did not mount my PID probe for this reason.

[DTAggie]

Did you use a foil heat shield?

[love the smoke]

No foil heat shield just the standard v drip tray

LTS

[Oldman]

Ever think about adding a fan to your unit?

[OU812]

Ever think about adding a fan to your unit?

Ditto.