I ran across a thread @ BBQ Bretheren that contained a fellow tracking a cookup of MOINK balls..........
the interesting thing, while using a short snake setup on his Performer, is that he also had a BBQ Guru Cyber-Q hooked up to monitor a low heat cookup....
I contacted Allan (exprmntal from Wichita, KS) & asked to use the resulting graph to demonstrate the incredible recovery time of a Weber Kettle................
These are small time frames of having the lid off, but look at the re-coup.....3 minutes off, three minutes back to temp....this is something I've noticed a lot; the kettle is much faster at recovery than most any other kind of cooker....that old adage "If you're Lookin', You Ain't Cookin' just isn't
AS TRUE in the case of "Covered, damper-controlled cooking.....IF YOU PLEASE !!!"
Personally, I don't use much in the way of electronics & sometimes I feel they confuse people a bit more than they help, but this particular application really stuck a chord with me...........
Not bashing here, just noticing questions & problems that come up & the mental stance some folks will take trying to get the cooker to behave in certain ways, i.e. : too tight of a temp control, running too low of heat when it may just be more expeditious to allow the machine to run where it wants & perhaps just set in less fuel to use.......
I had a great conversation on the phone w/ MacEggs (Mark) from Canada a week or so ago & at one point we were talking long, low cooks & I told him a lot of the time I don't even notice where the vents are...just put it on & start cooking & maybe noodle with it later.....yeah, I goof up some, but heck, I don't have too much more hair to lose from worryin' !!!!
Allan was maybe going to try & get some more information in a setup like this in the future.....I know it's a bit of work, but we talked about the idea of seeing the effect of some longer times with the lid off & such....will be interesting to see if he gets a chance on this............