Is anyone seeing issues running at higher temps since the latest firmware upgrade?
I have the 850 since last May. It's been pretty solid. I cooked all levels of temps though the Chicago winter. No problem.
Since the latest firmware upgrade, I have noticed some strange behavior. On a chicken cook I set it to 450 and the grill was only hitting 350. Chicken came out great and in the normal cooking time, but left me wondering. I had not cleaned the grill and had some old pellets.
Today I attempted a reverse sear on some prime ribeyes. Cleaned grill, fresh pellets. 224 for 45 minutes no problem. Put the aluminum grill grates in and set it to 500. 30 minutes later it's only at 350. Went ahead and finished the steak anyway due to time constraints. Pulled the food, ate dinner and went back out. Now the grill humming at 450 and climbing.
My two thoughts:
1. I'm a software programmer, so the upgrade screwed something up. Like the auger speed when getting up to set temp. Only thing I can think of that changed was firmware upgrade.
2. I also notice this when I load up the two or three grates which I did in the last two cooks. Could it be an airflow problem or the food causing the temp hard to recover due to a heat sink effect?
Wanted to hear if anyone else is seeing the same thing recently.
Thanks!