Alternatives to the BBQ Guru

medic92 · Apr 21, 2019

And don't start with any of this "Just watch your fire and control it yourself!" crap! :becky:

After firing up the pit this evening and finding out that yet another power supply has gone out on the BBQ Guru (fourth one in 2 1/2 years) I'm ready to look for something else. So what's out there that works with the Pit Bull fans these days?

foam2 · Apr 21, 2019

fireboard https://www.fireboard.com/shop/

Huskres · Apr 21, 2019

Does the fireboard have a fan?

medic92 · Apr 21, 2019

Huskres said:
Does the fireboard have a fan?

Thats what I was about to ask.

Bigdawg580 · Apr 21, 2019

I am in the same boat my guru just went out.
Time to look for something else

Nuco59 · Apr 21, 2019

Is the power supply the only problem you've ever had with it? Might be the plan to keep a spare supply. Has it ever died in mid-cook spoiling a whole cooker worth of meat? If so, looking into a more bullet proof unit makes good sense.... assuming they are superior and not just "different"

patrickd26 · Apr 21, 2019

I would recommend the BBQ Guru fan and adapter paired with the FireBoard and Drive cable. It's the PERFECT combo.

medic92 · Apr 21, 2019

Nuco59 said:
Is the power supply the only problem you've ever had with it? Might be the plan to keep a spare supply. Has it ever died in mid-cook spoiling a whole cooker worth of meat? If so, looking into a more bullet proof unit makes good sense.... assuming they are superior and not just "different"

Not yet, it always seems to die on a Saturday or Sunday when I'm about to start a cook. The power supply is only $21 but standard shipping is $13. Not much money, but I refuse to pay it over and over and over again. They'll call me tomorrow morning in response to my email and send me another one. THEN I might buy an extra.

Tonight's plan is to give the brisket and butts six hours of smoke, then transfer them to the Alto-Shaam and let it finish it overnight so I can get some sleep.

medic92 · Apr 21, 2019

patrickd26 said:
I would recommend the BBQ Guru fan and adapter paired with the FireBoard and Drive cable. It's the PERFECT combo.

So the Guru fan works with the Fireboard? That's extremely helpful. I assume the drive cable is sold separately from the Fireboard.

By the way, I got inspected at the scales north of Fremont once by a beautiful redheaded DOT officer. She was one of the most pleasant officers I've ever encountered. Didn't mind that inspection one bit.

foam2 · Apr 21, 2019

the fireboard works with the guru fan. Another power supply is probably cheaper but that's not what you asked for lol. Check out the video - theres more videos out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb9D7cxzc7Y

medic92 · Apr 21, 2019

foam2 said:
the fireboard works with the guru fan. Another power supply is probably cheaper but that's not what you asked for lol. Check out the video - theres more videos out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb9D7cxzc7Y

Nice! Will the Guru probes work with the Fireboard if I decide to be really cheap?

Slamdunkpro · Apr 21, 2019

Use a 12v power supply. I've had Guru's for a long time and have never had a power supply issue. Could you possibly have a voltage / amperage issue ? If something is burning up your wall wart power supplies on that outlet (which aren't made by guru btw) odds are someone else's wall wart will get burned up too.

Jcmhc · Apr 21, 2019

Build a Heatermeter.

medic92 · Apr 21, 2019

Slamdunkpro said:
Use a 12v power supply. I've had Guru's for a long time and have never had a power supply issue. Could you possibly have a voltage / amperage issue ? If something is burning up your wall wart power supplies on that outlet (which aren't made by guru btw) odds are someone else's wall wart will get burned up too.

I've tried a couple of other power supplies and for some reason none of them will work even when they're the same wattage/amperage as the power supply the Guru's use.

Maybe with the new one I'll run a cord and plug it in at the house rather than the garage. If it's a power surge issue that should take care of it since the garage is on a separate box.

Kaptain Kadian · Apr 21, 2019

Get the cigarette lighter adapter from BBQ guru and run it off a jump box. Been doing it for years. Just make sure to charge the jump box every few cooks

jimbloomfield · Apr 22, 2019

Go to a UPS store and ask them to save the power supply form the cable boxes turned in. They throw them away at most stores. Inside of a week you will have a bag full of power supplies for your Guru

Happy Hapgood · Apr 22, 2019

Check out the Ink Bird. IBT - 6X. Getting ready to post a review shortly.

travismagee · Apr 22, 2019

I just received a Flame Boss 500 with a battery pack. I'm going to start testing this product out this week. So far it looks very nice.

pbarber · Apr 22, 2019

Happy Hapgood said:
Check out the Ink Bird. IBT - 6X. Getting ready to post a review shortly.

I am very interested in seeing your review.

patrickd26 · Apr 22, 2019

medic92 said:
Nice! Will the Guru probes work with the Fireboard if I decide to be really cheap?

I don't know the answer to that, but know that the FB has a setting where you can change it to support three different style thermometers. You can read more here: https://docs.fireboard.io/probes/index.html#main

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