sm150 probe

The probe was working but without instructions it is not automatic. You have to change the mode by pressing the mode button and then the up or down arrow on the panel to put the cooker in the probe mode. The temperature of the probe is then read on the screen. The final temp of the meat is set with the probe temp button.

doc,
thanks. I don't think I got a probe when we got our sm150, but it is a grand smoker. I don't trust the remote thermometers, why I don't know. I use a probe thermometer and the jiggy -feel combination. Jack is much more scientific on food.
It took me awhile to figure out the buttons, too.
I got all excited when I first got a beep telling me that it was going onto the hold setting.
We cooked our meat(pork and brisket) for the market in the FEC100, had a little pin break so the auger didn't run. So slammed all the meat into the SM150. Jack done good.
We had a bbq pie to cook. He managed to get that going in the SM as well. Sold out of the pie, so it must have been ok. So the SM150 did a great job for us and we have the pin on order from CS to get us going. But we couldn't have done as well without the SM! Thank you to Cookshack!
Peggy

The real reason that I waited for the new sm150 with the IQ3 internal temperature probe is that I can cook a brisket to an internal temperature of lets say 195 degrees and the cooker will automatically then go to the hold temperature. I can cook it while I am sleeping or at work. With a busy schedule sounds too good to be true but I'll try it and let you know.

Scott

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Originally posted by 2 greyhounds:
[qb] I don't think I got a probe when we got our sm150[/qb]

Peggy, it's a new option. Similar to what's in the Amerique.

doc, sorry I couldn't help, but I don't have that unit. Now you give me an excuse to get one over Christmas, so I can answer questions

Other than that, I've had a couple of 150's and loved them.

Russ