mart ehlert
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Howdy,
Just joined as I just got a new ranger (on 8/4 ) & 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.) Its 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.
8/11 - another meat probe, not controller.
. The following controller was supposed to be here on the 13th, like any other parts sent, "delayed" again by 1 day....as usual. Now due on 14th. I've had the unit 10 days, used once using a remote ThermoPro dual thermometers & been trying to fix it for the other 9 days. This is not what I paid for if you know what I mean. Seems like Radio Shack quality electronics so far. From research reading, seems all these controller "basic parts" are made at the same manufacturer. We'll see what happens next. Trying not to rant, but to inform of experiences. Very discouraging so far & looks like I'm paying for a name, not quality.
However, this needs to be said,...when used with the remote ThermoPro thermometer, the unit did a fantastic job at smoking. That I'm happy about.
But it's not what I paid $500+ for.
Will update further.
Just joined as I just got a new ranger (on 8/4 ) & 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.) Its 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.
8/11 - another meat probe, not controller.
. The following controller was supposed to be here on the 13th, like any other parts sent, "delayed" again by 1 day....as usual. Now due on 14th. I've had the unit 10 days, used once using a remote ThermoPro dual thermometers & been trying to fix it for the other 9 days. This is not what I paid for if you know what I mean. Seems like Radio Shack quality electronics so far. From research reading, seems all these controller "basic parts" are made at the same manufacturer. We'll see what happens next. Trying not to rant, but to inform of experiences. Very discouraging so far & looks like I'm paying for a name, not quality.However, this needs to be said,...when used with the remote ThermoPro thermometer, the unit did a fantastic job at smoking. That I'm happy about.
But it's not what I paid $500+ for.
Will update further.
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