Maverick/ Digiq question.... - Page 2

NeilH · 08-25-2013, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by IamMadMan

Well you got me stumped on this one as they are both reading air temperature this time and not the grate temperature. Which one was below temperature?

Drop them both in a cup of ice water and see if there is a difference in temperature and if it takes one longer to even out. Then once they have stabilized at the same temperature, take them out and see how long it takes to read current air temperatures. might be a faulty probe.

They both leveled out at 35 then the maverick stopped at 73 and the guru at 71.
I'm confused as to what the heck is going on too.

IamMadMan · 08-25-2013, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by NeilH

They both leveled out at 35 then the maverick stopped at 73 and the guru at 71.
I'm confused as to what the heck is going on too.

Did one take a lot longer to respond to the changes than the other?

Try putting the Guru probe in a clothes pin without the alligator clip (like the maverick) on it on your next cook. The probe is just pushed into the alligator clip and can be re-inserted. My alligator clip was made of aluminum, but permanently mounted mine inside the cooker on a different style stainless steel clip.

Q*bert · 08-25-2013, 06:58 PM

I've got a Guru Party-Q and an ET-73. The maverick is always 17-20 degrees lower than the Guru. I've tested them, & even bought new probes. Always the same results, but always consistently the same. So I figured that as long as it's consistent, I'll live with it.

NeilH · 08-26-2013, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by IamMadMan

Did one take a lot longer to respond to the changes than the other?

Try putting the Guru probe in a clothes pin without the alligator clip (like the maverick) on it on your next cook. The probe is just pushed into the alligator clip and can be re-inserted. My alligator clip was made of aluminum, but permanently mounted mine inside the cooker on a different style stainless steel clip.

Ok, I'll try this next.

IamMadMan · 08-26-2013, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Q*bert

I've got a Guru Party-Q and an ET-73. The maverick is always 17-20 degrees lower than the Guru. I've tested them, & even bought new probes. Always the same results, but always consistently the same. So I figured that as long as it's consistent, I'll live with it.

It looks like you and Q*bert have the same identical issues...

He replaced with new probes and still had the same result..

Maybe something you have to live with but, for whatever it's worth, at least you aren't alone with this issue. Maybe going back to my first post the issue with components and manufacturing may still be your only answer.

Let us know how the clothes pin experiment works out...

NeilH · 08-26-2013, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by IamMadMan

It looks like you and Q*bert have the same identical issues...

He replaced with new probes and still had the same result..

Maybe something you have to live with but, for whatever it's worth, at least you aren't alone with this issue. Maybe going back to my first post the issue with components and manufacturing may still be your only answer.

Let us know how the clothes pin experiment works out...

I will. I won't be able to use it until the weekend. Thanks for the advice so far. It makes sense to me. With something holding the probes side by side I don't see why they wouldn't read the same unless it is a components issue. I can live with the difference the foods coming out great, I was just trying to understand why. My dome thermometer is even reading right with the digiQ. It had always been twenty degrees off, even after a 212 boil test.

NeilH · 09-08-2013, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by IamMadMan

It looks like you and Q*bert have the same identical issues...

He replaced with new probes and still had the same result..

Maybe something you have to live with but, for whatever it's worth, at least you aren't alone with this issue. Maybe going back to my first post the issue with components and manufacturing may still be your only answer.

Let us know how the clothes pin experiment works out...

I took the clip off the guru probe and stuck each probe through a clothes pin and they were within five degrees the whole cook.

IamMadMan · 09-12-2013, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by NeilH

I took the clip off the guru probe and stuck each probe through a clothes pin and they were within five degrees the whole cook.

Glad you tried the suggestion....

At least you found the answer and the solution to your question...

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