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17 Troubleshooting Guide
PROBLEM CAUSE REMEDY
My cooker
won’t reach
or stay at the
temp I have
set on the
GURU.
(Cont’d)
My GURU is
overshooting
my desired PIT
TEMP. (Cont’d)
Too much air is getting to the
fire and causing the PIT TEMP to
spike. (Cont’d)
Inspect your cooker and make
sure that it’s sealed tightly at
the firebox and there aren’t any
places allowing air to come in
and contact the fire. Most lower-
cost and entry-level smokers
and cookers will require extra
gasketing that is not provided
from the manufacturer to make
them more air tight so that
the only way the fire can get
air is through your FAN. This
gasketing will also make your
cooker more efficient and burn
less charcoal.
Make sure your OPEN LID
DETECT feature is turned ON.
This feature allows the GURU
to detect when you open your
cooker and the PIT TEMP drops.
If this feature is turned OFF the
GURU will think your pit temp
is dropping on it’s own and it
will run the FAN while your lid is
open and this will cause the PIT
TEMP to spike.
My FAN is running constantly
even when the PIT TEMP is
above the desired set temp.
Try unplugging the CONTROL
UNIT and plugging it back in to
re-boot and see if that causes
the FAN to run normally.
If rebooting the CONTROL UNIT
doesn’t help you might have a
bad relay in either the FAN or
the CONTROL UNIT.**
PIT TEMP
Displayed is
Wrong.
PIT TEMP
on GURU
is different
than on
cooker dome
thermometer.
It’s normal for the temp in the
dome of a cooker to be hotter
than on the cooking grate.
Thermometers that come with
most cookers are not nearly
as accurate as the GURU.
Disregard the built-in cooker
thermometer.
If the PIT PROBE is attached too
closely to the food it will display
a lower temp since the food will
have a cool air bubble around it.
Move the PIT PROBE 3-4” away
from the food.
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