I give up, old controller impossible to get

Right after I posted the above message I got a call from Wade from Traeger and low and behold they found one and are going to ship it to me.
Looks like I may have one of the few FE100's with a 225 setting rather than a 180 setting. Will do another test this weekend with a bunch of butts at the lower temp. Had a nice chat this morning with DrBBQ about using this thing and I understand the smoke setting much better and how to use it properly. Looking forward to some competitions next month.

Duck,
Please share the info about the smoke setting.

Hopefully Stuart or FE can find someone to build them. Whether you cook at 225 degrees or not, you must admit that the option should exist, if you are producing a smoker.

Should I ever need another FE100 or FE/CS, hopefully someday I will, I might not make the purchase unless I can get the controller with the 225*F. Like Bam stated, you should have that option, especially 225*F where so many people smoke, like me!

When I ordered my FE100 from Eddy I noticed the controller on the Traeger web site and requested he install it after learning about the standard controller which disappointed me, I may not have bought the oven otherwise. I paid extra and had to wait while he waited to receive the controller from Traeger.

I just don't get it...Trager obviously saw the need to upgrade their controllers so it could be more versatile and now they don't offer the controller that they actually offer on their web site? Is that what you've concluded, Duck? Or hopefully it is a temporary problem of just being out of stock. Wasn't it you Duck, that are the engineer and see ways to improve even the upgraded controller? Perhaps you need to talk to engineering at Traeger and get them on the ball! Or go into business manufacturing them.

Actually I would think CS should be working on resolving this problem with Traeger and Duck shouldn't have ever needed to talk to Traeger, although he did finally get positive results.

Seems like CS may be starting out on the wrong foot with the FE/CS with these few inconsistencies that the new purchasers are experiencing, like controllers and door seals!

I wonder about the FE2000, which controller it has, or will have in the future, Eddy? I suppose entirely different due to the increased load overall but I'll bet it'll be able to set to 225*F.

I would have assumed the position between 180 and 275 was 225 degrees on my controller. It wasn't until I started checking the interior temperature that I found it wasn't.

I couldn't figure out why some of my surgar rubs were burning?!

Oh well, Stuart is working on this and I'll continue to follow up with him.

Someone I believe I read or heard these units (traeger) can be calibrated if they get out of whack. If this is true, wouldn't it be possible to calibrate the 250* setting or the 180* to be 225*?

should have said "somewhere" instead of "someone"

evets, you don't need to make a separate post to correct an error. See the icon shown as a piece of paper with a pencil? Click on that and you can edit or even delete one of your posts.

cool, thanks.....

Just received my 225 controller, will put it in tonight and give it a test. Maybe though I should put it on e-bay?

how much did they charge you for it?

Paid the price shown on their website, $279, includes a probe.

Dayammmm! Thats 80 bucks more than I paid for my New Braunfels offset stick burner.

Ah, the price of our toys!

Lots cheaper than our 30 x 8' Klose mobile.