Recent content by texasbrew

I was able to get mine connected by changing my router settings to use Google's DNS rather than the Xfinity's default DNS. For anybody interested the Google DNS values are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

I purchased a replacement booster pump. The replacement came with the new screw on connectors. In order to use all 4 of the new connectors I will have to attempt to unscrew 10 year old connectors from the existing pvc caps. I am afraid that the old connectors may be brittle and when I attempt...

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That is the max that you can set the cooker controller to (and temp in the cooker is measured on the indirect side away from the direct flame zone). On another site they did a performance review using an IR gun and I believe that it hit over 800.

I don't know if this is the best bbq or not but... I simply fill it with pellets, flip a switch, set the temp and come back in a few minutes and cook. I can sear a steak at over 800 deg. I can cook cold smoke. I can smoke pulled pork overnight as low as 180 deg. I can smoke ribs at...

So the existing threaded collar does not fit the new cell?

I have a Jandy PHPU2.0 pump and the motor sounds like it is getting ready to go out. The motor is beginning to squeal. The motor was replaced under warranty several years back. I am looking to replace the motor and I am hoping that it is something that I can do myself. The motor has a tag...

My cell died last fall. I am now looking to replace it. I have looked through the forum and I believe that in addition to adding a 3rd port on the cell Jandy has also gone from 2" to 2-1/2" connectors. Can you please confirm this? Also below are a couple of shots of how the cell is currently...

That is mine as well. It keeps me from way undershooting or overshooting my target internal temp for med rare steak and still get a nice crust on the outside.

That might have been from a burger cook. I do brisket on the pellet cooker around 200 F until I foil (with pellet cookers the lower the temp the more smoke). I then crank it up to 250 after I foil to get the cook done. This cooker will go up to 600 F to put a nice sear on a steak (600 F where...

The drawer on the left is ash and the one of the right is a warming drawer (buns, bread, tortillas, etc.).

Thanks for the kind words everybody. I used hickory/oak blended pellets to cook the brisket.

I recently got my Cookshack PG-500 pellet grill. It has 5 distinct heat zones (1 direct grill on cast iron grates, a zone above that is about 25 degrees lower, then one to the top and right that is 50 degrees lower, and then one right next to the direct that is the same temp as the digital...

ok...thanks I just looked at the advised settings but I will let the TA drift back down to where it was for the salt cell.

My salt cell has died so I decided to switch over to BBB (last Saturday) until next year when I get a new one installed. My water reading (today before I added chems (bleach/acid) per Pool Calculator dosage) are as follows: 20K gallons 3100 PPM Salt 3 FC 3 AC 7.8 PH 90 TA 380 CH 40 CYA I...