Pork butt smoking cooking.
Arduino smoker temperature controller.
Here s a short video of the first time running my temperature controller i built for my smokers.
The program has these features.
Control up to 3 zones.
I procured an 8 5 pound pork butt dry rubbed it placed it inside my smoker fired up the controller and 10 hours later at a meat temperature of 197 f i had a beautifully cooked moist pork butt.
Each schedule can have up to 20 segments.
The desired smoking temperature along with the desired internal meat temperature is entered on a 4x4 keypad and the controller takes over from there.
If you love data insights into how your smoker performs the flame boss 400 might just be your dream smoker controller.
Unlimited firing schedules stored on a microsd card.
Flame boss sells two different models so you need to be careful which one you buy.
Each segment has its own ramp rate target temperature and hold time.
This particular smoker is electric but the controller will work on charcoal fired ones too.
The controller set temperature was 255 f.
The final version of the controller program.
Wanted to get into glass fusing and decided to build my own digital controller based on a arduino uno.
The dallas sensor tops out at about 250 degrees fahrenheit.
The universal flame boss supports most steel smokers like the weber smokey mountain pit barrel cooker and weber kettle.
The flame boss controller learns your smoker so the temperature control is supposed to get better over time.
It then stops the cycle and sends a message that dinner is ready.
With the charcoal hot and the lid on there are two ways to control temperature.
The flame boss 400 offers variable speed which helps to control temperatures in rough conditions think rain snow wind as well as any quirks or specific characteristics of your cooking unit.
A thermocouple sensor stuck through.