My Golden Dog review

[Toronto]

Originally Posted by woodpelletsmoker

-24C, where did you put your smoker, inside or outside.
In Beijing we reached to -17 a few days. Now Beijing is -2C to 7 C.
I was planning to make pizza, but sky is foggy again, heavy pollution.
I have to give up my pizza

I had it outside by the side of the buliding and put it inside of Puma shoebox like this:



You can see the holes on the box that I used to for the probes and AC plug.

Originally Posted by woodpelletsmoker

Also my AC/DC adapter is big enough, you can use it to power your Maverick at same time.
Can you do soldering on your Maverick

I would probably pass on that, I dont want to mess with my Maverick and dont trust my soldering skills enough to do it. I dont usually cook in the snow but I made an exception since my entire family was there.

[pixcolor]

Originally Posted by woodpelletsmoker

I sent a few weeks ago.
the Florida buyer had received on Jan.26, which I sent the same day as yours

Finally got it! The box had been torn open. Everything seemed to be there, but there were no clips for the probes. Do you know if you had included them? I think it had been delivered to the wrong address here, and someone opened it before dropping it off in my mailbox..

[woodpelletsmoker]

I will send you a few clips. It is really strange. If it took so long time, it must go different places

[rajewest]

I am new to the Bretheren, and have enjoyed reading all of your post, After much consideration have just ordered the dog package and am looking forward to trying it out

[woodpelletsmoker]

Originally Posted by rajewest

I am new to the Bretheren, and have enjoyed reading all of your post, After much consideration have just ordered the dog package and am looking forward to trying it out

I sent it via HongKong. You shall receive in 7 to 14 days.
Please note 50 CFM fan is really stronger. It is great help to start a fire in your smoker.
If it is too big to blow ash around for low&slow smoking, you can simply set parameter of Hdc as 40, 50, 60 ect. Just try different data and find the best for your very own smoker.

[rajewest]

Received Dog package today, 15 days from order, will be installing this week and lokking forward to trying it out.

[willbird]

I found this thread from a link in another thread. Very interesting controller, lots of features with $1 change back from a $100 bill :-).

Speaking of the small ceramic grill, Alton Brown did a segment where he used a flower pot and a hot plate.

I'm not sure if it would take charcoal heat or not, similar to this........

http://wiki.colar.net/flower_pot_bbq_smoker

[rajewest]

Just built a new UDS and have it controlled by the Golden Dog with 50 CFM FAN, only changes made to default program is that I have set the UDC (fan max to 70 (35 cfm)). Currently have a 8lb turkey breast on. Will be doing Boston Butts after turkey gets done. Controller is working great, Although UDS will maintain Temp consistent on it's own, the controller will give me a piece of mind letting the UDS go all night without worrying about temp falling or spiking.

[rajewest]

It has been several days since my last cook using the golden dog controller on a UDS. As I stated in my earlier post, I did a turkey breast and the controller worked great. After taking off the turkey, two Butts went on, and turned out great, The controller worked as expected, temp swing +/- 10 degrees in a new drum, overall I am impressed with the operation of the unit. I want to thank everyone on the forum for all of your comments about the products that WPS has to offer, I would recommend that anyone looking for a controller to give his a try.

[woodpelletsmoker]

Originally Posted by rajewest

It has been several days since my last cook using the golden dog controller on a UDS. As I stated in my earlier post, I did a turkey breast and the controller worked great. After taking off the turkey, two Butts went on, and turned out great, The controller worked as expected, temp swing +/- 10 degrees in a new drum, overall I am impressed with the operation of the unit. I want to thank everyone on the forum for all of your comments about the products that WPS has to offer, I would recommend that anyone looking for a controller to give his a try.

Happy to hear.
You can fine tune parameters of P,I,D, which is a trial and error process.
You can keep temp. swing under +/- 2F.

[rajewest]

Have completed two more cooks using the controller on UDS, First cook was four chicken halves, controller worked great, set controller and let it go. Second cook last night was two butts. Controller with 50CFM Fan, programmed as follows, target temp 240 (to allow for temp swing) fan speed set at 60%. I let the drum get up to 235 on it own, then powered on controller in Auto, temp stabilized at 240, temp swing +/- 2 degrees. Put Butts on and never worried, maximum hi temp swing ever noticed +12 for about 2 minutes, and max low swing noticed -10 degrees. I have not changed PID settings and could not be happier. Once again thanks to all.