Understanding The Probes; Understanding The "P" Setting - Pit Boss CLASSIC 71705 Assembly And Operation Instructions Manual

UNDERSTANDING THE PROBES

• TEMPERATURE PROBE
Located inside the main barrel, on the rear wall, is the temperature probe. It is a small, vertical piece of stainless steel. The
temperature probe measures the internal temperature of the unit. When the temperature is adjusted on the Control Board, the
temperature probe will read the actual temperature inside the unit and adjust to the desired temperature.
IMPORTANT: The temperature of your unit is highly affected on ambient outdoor weather, quality of pellets used,
flavor of pellets, and the quantity of food being cooked.
MEAT PROBE
•
The meat probe measures the internal temperature of your meat in the grill, similar to your indoor oven. Plug-in the meat
probe adapter to the meat probe connection port on the Control Board and insert the stainless steel meat probe into the
thickest portion of your meat and the temperature will be displayed on the control board. To ensure the meat probe is
connected properly to the connection port, feel and hear it snap into place.
NOTE: When placing the meat probe into your meat, ensure the meat probe and meat probe wires avoid direct
contact with flame or excess heat. This can result in damage to your meat probe. Run the excess wire out the rear
exhaust holes of the main grill or the top of the main grill (near the grill lid hinge). When not in use, disconnect
from the meat probe connection port and place aside to keep protected and clean.

UNDERSTANDING THE "P" SETTING

The main benefit to the "P" SET (setting) button is that it allows the cook to have fine tuned control of their grill in SMOKE mode,
to compensate for ambient temperature, humidity, wind, environmental changes, pellet fuel type and quality.
When the "P" SET button is pushed, the "P" setting displayed on the LCD screen will change to the next value (upward). Once P7
is reached, it will restart at P0. There are eight "P" settings, ranging from P0 to P7.
USING THE "P" SETTING IN SMOKE MODE
Anytime the temperature dial is set to the SMOKE setting, such as the start-up
of the unit, the auger will run on a manual mode of cooking versus using one of
the preset temperatures on the Temperature Control Dial.
• MORE SMOKE FLAVOR, LESS HEAT
(↑ "P" SETTING / ↓ FUEL FEED)
When hot smoking – increasing the infusion of more natural wood flavor –
increase the "P" setting to allow for longer cycles between auger feeds. This
results in keeping a lower temperature output, which increases cook time (also
known as low and slow ), a deeper smoke ring and more smoke flavor. Care
must be taken when using the higher "P" settings, such as P6 or P7, as this could
result in the fire going out in the burn pot.
• LESS SMOKE FLAVOR, MORE HEAT
(↓ "P" SETTING / ↑ FUEL FEED)
A lower "P" setting will result in a higher grill temperature output and higher
pellet consumption due to more frequent cycles.
AUGER CYCLE (seconds)
"P" SET ON
P0 18
P1 18
P2 18
P3 18
*P4 18
P5 18
P6 18
P7 18
* factory default setting
OFF
55
70
85
100
115
130
140
150
13