mart ehlert
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Howdy,
Just joined as I just got a new ranger & I'm a 1st time smoker. Did the initial seasoning couple days ago. Did 1/2 pork tenderloin yesterday at about 200 with sweet baby ray's sauce on last 15-20 min at 350. I'd attach pic's but...it didn't last that long. Man it was GOOD! Unfortunately, the Traeger meat probe didn't work. (Luckily I had a dual probe remote Thermo Pro as back-up.) Meat probe was perfect, ambient air in smoker was all over the board compared to display. (Up to 100 degree's off at times, yikes!) Tech support sent a link where they use my phone camera to see results of the steps they had me perform. Pretty cool & provided concrete evidence what was "not" happening & that I wasn't an idiot!
Probe made a beep when plugged in but no temp displayed nor icon on left side of display indicating it was plugged in. I could tell tech was unsure of himself but they sent a new probe to start with. Should be here tomorrow. In closing, can't complain about in-depth tech support (15-20 min) & 2 day part. Still happy about purchase so far even with potential problems I've read about. Going to try ribs or whole chicken next & got pink paper to try with it.
Will follow-up.
8/9 - new meat probe arrived day late & it doesn't work at all like the original one. No difference at all. Doing chat with tech, they will send a controller. They said I'd have it "by the weekend". So much for fast service. Grrr. We'll see what happens.
Just joined as I just got a new ranger & I'm a 1st time smoker. Did the initial seasoning couple days ago. Did 1/2 pork tenderloin yesterday at about 200 with sweet baby ray's sauce on last 15-20 min at 350. I'd attach pic's but...it didn't last that long. Man it was GOOD! Unfortunately, the Traeger meat probe didn't work. (Luckily I had a dual probe remote Thermo Pro as back-up.) Meat probe was perfect, ambient air in smoker was all over the board compared to display. (Up to 100 degree's off at times, yikes!) Tech support sent a link where they use my phone camera to see results of the steps they had me perform. Pretty cool & provided concrete evidence what was "not" happening & that I wasn't an idiot!
Will follow-up.
8/9 - new meat probe arrived day late & it doesn't work at all like the original one. No difference at all. Doing chat with tech, they will send a controller. They said I'd have it "by the weekend". So much for fast service. Grrr. We'll see what happens.
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