4 CFM Blower: Keep your adjustable damper full open for cooking at
any temperature other than cold smoking and drying jerky or peppers.
If you are using your Guru for temperatures such as 130° F or 145°
for example, then you should throttle the damper down about half way.
Close the damper completely to extinguish fire after cooking is complete.
10 CFM & 25 CFM Blowers: With these larger blowers, natural draft may
effect cooking temperatures on the blower's off cycle. Testing on different
settings is recommended. As a general rule, it is best to keep the damper
full open on medium/large to large bbq cookers such as offsets and extra
large ceramic grills. Throttle the damper 1/2 way down for small to medium
cookers such as medium and large ceramic grills, bullet smokers, kettles
and small barrel pits. Close the damper completely to extinguish fire after
cooking is complete.
The Pit Runner Power Draft Blower is our standard blower for backyard BBQ
grills and smokers. This blower put out 4 CFM (cubic feet per minute) and is
ideal for kettles, bullet smokers and ceramic grills. The adjustable damper
feature allows the user to throttle down the air flow for cold smoking and
jerky drying. Close damper completely to kill fire for shut down.
All blower may be purchased as a package with the control or seperately
as an accessory.
The 10 CFM Pit Viper Power Draft Blower is our latest and most versital blower.
With the damper full open, you can run a medium size offsets, large vertical
smoker or extra large ceramic grill. Throttle the damper down for kettles,
bullets, and smaller ceramic grills.
The Pit Viper is a great choice for people who have multiple cookers of
different sizes.
Clip pit probe to meat probe (recommended) Place within the area shown to avoid contact with meat
There are several areas in your cooker to place the Pit probe for controlling the temperature of the cook. Keep in mind that stratifcation occurs inside all cookers unless there is a convection fan stirring air to help even the temperature throughout the cooker. By clipping the pit probe to to meat probe, you are controlling the heat closest the the meat you are cooking without worring about the probe touching another piece of meat.
Clipping the probe to the cooking grate is fine as long as your probe does not
come into contact with any of the food you are cooking. If the probe comes in
contact with a piece of meat or a hot pan for example, it will throw off the
temperature and give false readings. Place probe at leat 2" from food.
Clip to thermometer probe
Clipping the probe to the cookers' thermometer is fine but remember the temperature at the thermometer does not always reflect the temperature around the meat you are cooking.
