Need help fast!

[jimmyb]

I am about one hour into a smoke with my OBS with three pork butts in it. I have the added element mod. I just checked and the temp is sitting around 124*. I have the Auber set at 225. I noticed that the on/off switch on my added element is light but the original element light is not.

I felt the back of the smoker and if feels pretty hot. I never felt the back during a smoke so I don't know if that's normal. I am not prepared to take this thing apart at this time of night. So what should I do? Do I let this load of about 20# of pork ride with one element over night? Is the back of the smoker being hot ok? Hoe long is this safe for the meat to sit around 124*?

[jimmyb]

Ok, all seems to be ok now. I checked the door thermometer and it actually was reading about 225* where the Auber was reading 124*. I checked the position of the probe and it was hung up on one of the butts so it was getting a bad reading. The temp sensor of the original element must have kicked in turning the element off. I now see both elements working and temp is rising  as expected. Sorry for the panic!

[Habanero Smoker]

No apologies necessary. Glad to see it was just an error.

[GusRobin]

No need to apologize. we have all been there. I freaked out last weekend when a short time into a brisket cook my smoke generator went off. Was about to panic when I checked and found I knocked the plug out of the PID.
Remember  that you can always take it out and put it in the kitchen oven if you have a problem.

[mikecorn.1]

Sunday I got the double H on my PID and the heat element wasn't getting hot. I was getting pi$$3d.  What's going on, come to find out, I forgot to plug in the temp probes in the back of the PID. Oversight cause I had my maverick probes also and in the tower. :rolleyes: :D


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