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AHoneyman
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- Weber Smoke Fire EX6, Weber Genesis E-310, Vision Series B
Yes, and, No. It is much, much better that 4042. But there are still small issues. I have had one small flare up when I went to turn up the temp from 200. It quickly went from 200 to 350 and slowly corrected to 250. And my unit has always ran 15-25 degrees cooler that the controller temp (which is within the plus or minus 50 degrees which Weber claims is normal grill operation). This makes a difference on timed cooks (when is dinner ready). But that is better than hotter than the set point. The kicker is that it has been a LONG time since I got that version. I am sure that there is something newer in development. And the fact that the recent app update appeared to have a much bigger effect on the SF operation than we expected leads me to question what happens if we want to run the SF without a phone app. I would think that it should run fine. Then why does the phone app have such a large effect? And then Weber recently purchased their firmware company June.
Yes, the 4045 version is much better and I will not trash my SF. I am inhibited more by my cooking abilities. The best thing that I have done recently is to start using a large oven drip pan (16 X 18 X 1/2) to sit on the flavorizer bars and cover the fire box. This diffuses the heat from rising straight up and distributes it around the grill.
A year ago, I was flaming Weber fairly hard. Now, I just think that Weber did not understand and was not ready for the big jump from burning charcoal to feeding pellets at a set rate, blue tooth, wifi, firmware, etc. that goes into a modern pellet grill. They had an eye opening moment and are trying to make good on their name and brand recognition. The little details are important and that is what they need to fix now. However, their attention to preformed cookbook recipes in the app when the units are not stable, reliable, and reproducible raises new questions. Best wishes, alh.
Yes, the 4045 version is much better and I will not trash my SF. I am inhibited more by my cooking abilities. The best thing that I have done recently is to start using a large oven drip pan (16 X 18 X 1/2) to sit on the flavorizer bars and cover the fire box. This diffuses the heat from rising straight up and distributes it around the grill.
A year ago, I was flaming Weber fairly hard. Now, I just think that Weber did not understand and was not ready for the big jump from burning charcoal to feeding pellets at a set rate, blue tooth, wifi, firmware, etc. that goes into a modern pellet grill. They had an eye opening moment and are trying to make good on their name and brand recognition. The little details are important and that is what they need to fix now. However, their attention to preformed cookbook recipes in the app when the units are not stable, reliable, and reproducible raises new questions. Best wishes, alh.
