Too hot to BBQ?

Ron,

You know that all three of my cookers are pre-Cookshack, but I've never had either of the issues you mention happen. I think I'd definitely talk with customer service. There shouldn't be any outside temp that effects the wiring or circuits on one of these units. Sounds more like a damaged wire or something.

Rod

I don't think the heat affects the unit. I've used mine all night and day when the temp got to 114� in 29 Palms, CA - worked fine. Could be your electricity supply - sometimes when it gets hot, the power around here does little brownouts because of all the air conditioners being used.

I'd like to give a testament to the reliability of these units. I was using two of them yesterday to cater a wedding - in the desert in August, and then there's a thunderstorm and pouring rain. I put trash bags over the side hopper parts and they kept running fine, times were the same as always. It was 105� before the rain, cooled off a little after. It was an outdoor wedding and they never thought about calling it off - it stopped raining about 2 hours before the ceremony and everything went fine. All the guests even showed up.