Kamado Joe with Flame Boss controller

[mechman]

I’ve owned my Kamado Joe for about a year now and one of the things that’s always been an issue for me is controlling the temp. I’ve tried all the suggestions but I can never seem to keep the temp down at 225 degrees or so. So after seeing Todd’s new toy I decided to finally drop the hammer on a controller for my Kamado Joe.

Enter the Flame Boss 500! As you can it consists of a controller unit with grill and meat probes, and it also has a fan which operates to control the smoker temps. I’ll report back here and let you know how it works out today. The first cook with it is something that is difficult to screw up - ribs. If it works out great I’ll be doing a pork butt tomorrow.

 

[mechman]

Yesterday it seemed like the pit probe was about 10-15 degrees off so when I went out this morning to set it up I programmed the controller to keep the temp 15 degrees higher to compensate. It seems that today though the probe is registering correctly so it must have been some sort of placement issue yesterday. I did have a hiccup this morning getting everything connected so that I can remote monitor things. But I got that sorted out quickly and everything is going smooth right now.

Here's how it's doing:

 

[phillihp23]

Looking good...modern convenience can do wonders