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Decent ribs! Just can't get good ones with good quality meat on them

I've been using a couple of them since late last year to smoke at 225F rather than 250F where my WSM likes to sit - they're great to set and forget, and unlike my custom built ones, Mrs Penguin can use them!

Loved your TV logo type thing! More of that please

I don't worry about flavor or cooking it right

Hi Eddie - great review - just a quick question, are they sold separately (ie one extra level) or do you get the 2 extra levels in one pack?

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keith157 wrote:Dear Penguin, most certainly we will be "hitting you up" but that will have nothing to do with electronics, just the product of the electronics and your "rubbing ability"

Keith! Your filthy! Don't let mrs penguin hear that!

What algorithms are you using or temperature control? I'm using a basic on/off thermostat model on my arduino controller. I tried a PID algorithm but it didn't behave as I expected. I may re visit that sometime.

Here's a good start for you:
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3 years of electronic engineering was basically maths ...

The Heatermeter system is a great project - i've built a couple of the variants and because it's open-source, i've reprogrammed them to do a few more bits and bobs. A few words of advice - the parts cost will add up probably to a bit more than you imagine (rasp pi / HM pcb / parts / shipping from US ...

keith157 wrote:

thesmokingpenguin wrote:At the moment, 12v is from a wall wart, but i'll probs buy a leisure battery type thing

this is a triac - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIAC

Silly me of course it is................

That's 7 years and counting doing university level engineering / comp. sci. My geekyness leaks out every now and then I'm afraid.

At the moment, 12v is from a wall wart, but i'll probs buy a leisure battery type thing

this is a triac - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIAC