Did I miss what the difference between the dynaq and ultraq was? Looks to me that they were about the same.
As previously stated the new DynaQ supports a Pit probe and 1-food probe, whereas the UltraQ supports a total of 4 probes, one labeled for Pit, and the other three labeled food1, food2, food3.
The other main difference between the new DynaQ and UltraQ, is the DynaQ allows for Bluetooth access for remote management, whereas the UltraQ has Bluetooth support, but like the CyberQ cloud, it also has Wifi control and access to "sharemycook.com" site for remotely monitoring and managing your Pit Temperature as well as storing your previous cooks and recipes for your private review as well as making public to all ShareMyCook users. With the CyberQ cloud and UltraQ, there is no additional cost or reoccurring costs for utilizing the ShareMyCook site for storing details from old cooks along with recipes and notes for future review.
It appears the BBQguru site offers a couple ways to purchase these new controllers: one called "universal kit" which is the cheapest option for users that are upgrading to their new controller and don't need another fan, fan adapter accessories for their smoker, or new temp probe cables.
The universal kit for both units include the base unit, mounting stand and power adapter (all other accessories needed would need to be purchased separately).
The other option for the DynaQ and UltraQ is called "Temperature control Customer Grill", this option includes a drop-down menu to identify your smoker. Once this is done this "kit" will include the same items in the universal kit, but also include Pit Fan, fan adapter, fan power cable, and (2-probes) Once for pit and one for food.
It appears the UltraQ and DynaQ both only include 2-probes, meaning to use all the ports on the UltraQ, it appears you will have to purchase the 2 additional probes unless you already have probes from older BBQ guru temp control unit.
They did also come out with newer probes that are dishwasher safe, although previous probes compatible with older models like the CyberQ, CyberQ cloud, PartyQ, and all DigiQ models, will also work in the new DynaQ and UltraQ.
I currently have the CyberQ cloud, and looking at updating to the UltraQ and gift my older CyberQ to a buddy that just got his first WSM recently.
My main and only complaint with the CyberQ cloud is inconsistent wifi connectivity dropping off of their "sharemycook" website when monitoring a long cook, requiring a power cycle to resolve every so often.
So I am waiting to hear from others if the wifi connectivity is a bit more robust on the new UltraQ model.