fec 100 traeger auger / dial thermastat

I have both an older pre-ramp FE and and an FEC IQ4. The one you have will work just fine. When cooking butts on my old FE, I was taught to start off for the first two hours at Smoke, then the next two hours at 180 and the remainder of the time at 240. Works just fine for me.

One note on this method. If you load the FE up completely with 16 butts, I start off at four hours at 180 and the remainder at 240. With a full load of butts, it is difficult for the FE to keep the heat up to 140 when it is on Smoke. Thus the higher starting temp.

Hope this helps.

I have the older version and cook meat anywhere from 200* - 350* and it always come out good.

Thanks Fellas,
I just got home and read your advice. I am smoking brisket and butts. I set it at 180 and plan on smoking for 15hrs. What do ya think?

Smoking joe

Well, eventually you will have to raise the temp to 240. If you leave it at 180 the whole time, the meat will never get done. Butts finish out somewhere in the 190-210 internal temp range and briskets in approx. the 195-210 range. But if you keep your temp at 180, the meat will never get there.

thanks

Once, I cooked a packer brisket @170* all night. I forgot to check it in the morning and finally looked at it around noon. It was reading 170*, but it was done and as tender as if I cooked it to 200*. Strange.

That is strange, FF. You did not have it wrapped in foil I assume.

No foil. I cooked it on my 500. When I took it's temp with a thermapen, it read 170*, but you could feel it was done by sliding in the temp probe. It was tender and juicy. I think it was cooked so long, it rendered out the fat and tenderized itself with the long cook. Usually when I do something like this, I make jerky out of the meat.

That's amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Just a note:: It apperas that the Americue probe cannot be used in the FEC 100. Mine shortd out and smoked the insulation.

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Originally posted by 1/2 bubble off:
Just a note:: It apperas that the Americue probe cannot be used in the FEC 100. Mine shortd out and smoked the insulation.

Yes, those are different controllers. First welcome to the forum, sorry it was a problem for your first one.

You might want to start a new thread about FE/AQ controllers.

Probably best to start a new thread, it might get lost inside this one

Did you contact CS?