Weber Complimentary Ramp Accessory

[abmet]

Seems like it.

 

[GriLLMaRksRseXy]

Mine has been sitting in a box at my house while I was traveling. Finally got to put it in and test it out. I ran the cooker for about 3 hours and didn’t have any issues at all! Big improvement.

The only time that the temperature dropped in my chart below is when I opened the cooker to flip my chicken breasts.

Everything turned out delicious.

What software and controller setup where you using? It looks like my Apex controller software.

 

[BarreBQ]

What software and controller setup where you using? It looks like my Apex controller software.

The probes are the Weber ones.

The software is an excel spreadsheet that I put together. I set an alarm and take a screen shot of the Weber app temps. Very labor intensive but I had so much variation early on that I wanted to understand my cooker better before trying to feed the masses or do anything expensive.

 

[abmet]

That’s some good dedication. I hope they add historical temp monitoring in the app soon. Their iGrill app does that and provides graph and if I recall you can export a file.

 

[BarreBQ]

My biggest question: Does it work?

Has anyone done a long cook yet without issue?

I received my new auger and hopper accessory just now, unfortunately we are leaving for Vegas in 10 min!

Mine works! I thought it wasn’t going to at a few points but it kept doing a natural feed without assistance. I cooked from 10:00am to 5:00pm today without touching it. (Weber pellets)

 

[abmet]

Good news, thanks!

 

[MENCHY954]

So if you call Weber, they will promptly send you the hopper retrofit. I called them on Monday and I had the hopper piece by Thursday. It came via FedEx. It took 5 minutes to install. I haven't used it in a cook yet but it does look like we now have a steeper grade for the pellets to travel down.

One pain is that the chute to remove the pellets (I had a bunch in there) is right next to the auger motor box underneath the unit and unless you have a big bucket underneath - pellets sprayed all over the place. They need to add a hook for a bucket underneath to make this a little better.

 

[Sudz]

Mine works! I thought it wasn’t going to at a few points but it kept doing a natural feed without assistance. I cooked from 10:00am to 5:00pm today without touching it. (Weber pellets)

Great news. Which model do you have the EX6 or EX4?

 

[abmet]

So if you call Weber, they will promptly send you the hopper retrofit. I called them on Monday and I had the hopper piece by Thursday. It came via FedEx. It took 5 minutes to install. I haven't used it in a cook yet but it does look like we now have a steeper grade for the pellets to travel down.

One pain is that the chute to remove the pellets (I had a bunch in there) is right next to the auger motor box underneath the unit and unless you have a big bucket underneath - pellets sprayed all over the place. They need to add a hook for a bucket underneath to make this a little better.

I use a 5 gallon bucket and it catches them pretty good, though a few bounce out. I was thinking about trying to 3D print a funnel that could slip into the bottom (I think there is a lip in there) to help guide them into the bucket better.