BBQ Guru DigiQ DX2, User Manual

Page 1: ...FEATURES 3 4 PROBES 4 5 POWER DRAFT BLOWERS 5 6 KEY OPERATION 5 7 POWERING UP 5 8 THE DISPLAY 6 9 SETTING THE SETPOINTS 7 10 SETUP MENU 8 11 ADAPTIVE CONTROL STRATEGY 10 12 CONNECTIONS 11 13 BUILDING A PROPER FIRE FOR GOOD CONTROL 11 14 CONTACT THE BBQ GURU 11 15 FAN DAMPER 12 16 STAINLESS STEEL UNIVERSAL BRACKET 13 17 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE 14 ...

Page 2: ... and cause the temperature to read incorrectly Use a redundant dial thermometer as a backup temperature sensor to verify the control s reading of the pit temperature WARNING SMOKE CAN COMBUST WHEN OXYGEN IS INTRODUCED AND PRODUCE SEVERE BURNS ALWAYS USE CAUTION WHEN OPENING THE LID OR DOOR OF THE PIT WARNING PIT FIRES CAN OCCUR WHEN LIQUIDS ARE SPILLED OR WHEN SURFACES INSIDE THE COOKER REACH THE ...

Page 3: ...ustomerservice thebbqguru com If defective it will be repaired or replaced at the discretion of BBQ Guru at no cost There are no user serviceable parts on this unit This warranty is void if the unit shows evidence of tampering or being subjected to moisture excessive heat corrosion or other misuse Components with wear or damage due to misuse will not be covered under warranty If your control probe...

Page 4: ...e place This can cause the blower to run constantly causing your pit to become excessively hot Important Note The Big Green Egg and other ceramic grills present a special case situation that can lead to early probe failure If you use the plate setter heat diffuser you need to run the probe cables over one of the ceramic legs The heat coming up through the gaps is intense and focused and if the cab...

Page 5: ... pit temperature when pressed UP indexes the setpoint up DOWN indexes the setpoint down FOOD PIT powers the unit on or off when both buttons are held UP DOWN enters the setup menu when both buttons are held PIT UP invokes the Scan Mode PIT DOWN invokes the Diagnostic Mode KEY PRESS CHIRP When the beeper intensity is set to above 0 any key press will cause an acknowledge chirp Setting the Beeper In...

Page 6: ... THE OUTPUT PERCENTAGE FROM THE BLOWER WARBLE The Blower Warble is designed so that the output percentage of the blower can be determined by counting how many display blinks warbles occur in a given cycle as per the table below TIP If the output percentage is around 80 100 for a long time the pit may be running out of charcoal If the output percentage is around 10 for a long time and the temperatu...

Page 7: ... alarm occurs during scanning the display will show the temperature causing the alarm condition until the alarm condition goes away or is acknowledged by pressing any key Pressing the UP or DOWN keys will change the setpoint of the temperature that is shown on the display 9 SETTING THE SETPOINTS To display the pit setpoint temperature tap the UP or DOWN key while displaying the pit temperature To ...

Page 8: ...l sound and the display will blink If the temperature of the pit deviates below the setpoint by the alarm deviation setpoint the alarm will sound and the display will blink The alarm will not sound when the control is first powered up and the pit is cold The alarm is only allowed once the temperature gets close to the pit temperature setpoint The alarm deviation is settable from 20 to 125 degrees ...

Page 9: ...ault setting is ramp no so ramp must be enabled to use it Note when using this feature the pit temperature can be started higher than normal to reduce cook time and not overcook the food If the food probe is not plugged in and the ramp mode is turned on the ramp LED will be on but no ramping will take place BEEPER INTENSITY The beeper intensity can be adjusted from 0 10 0 is off 1 is a small infre...

Page 10: ... STRATEGY The DigiQ s Adaptive Control Strategy is designed to operate with a wide variety of pits by continually learning what the pit is doing and adapting to many factors such as outside air temperature amount of charcoal damper settings etc For the DigiQ to work properly and determine how to adapt the temperature inside the pit cannot oscillate up and down and the lid must stay closed If the l...

Page 11: ...ATING LARGE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PIT TEMPERATURE Normally the DigiQ will be able to adjust the airflow via the blower to deliver precise control and no damper adjustment will be required If the pit has become over fired or if the fire was built too big large temperature swings 10 degrees or more may occur To eliminate this restrict the airflow by adjusting the blower damper Try closing the damper t...

Page 12: ...ng from 225 F to 275 F Note that it is more efficient for the fan to provide enough air to raise the cooking temperature a few degrees high than to labor consistently a few degrees low The top damper functions differently with a fan controlled system than with a natural draft system Where the fan damper controls the amount of air flowing into the smoker the top damper influences the amount of air ...

Page 13: ...13 16 STAINLESS STEEL UNIVERSAL BRACKET Shape and bend the bracket to suit your needs ...

Page 14: ...works Your POWER SUPPLY might be damaged There is not enough power coming from the POWER SUPPLY to cause the DISPLAY to work The DISPLAY on your GURU is damaged You will have to return your GURU to ha CONTROL UNIT repaired or replaced TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Make sure the FAN is plugged in tightly GURU and check to make sure it s runni is coming out If the FAN is plugged in and it s not running whil...

Page 15: ...o and is keeping the FAN from turni FAN and remove the debris and se starts working again Make sure the FAN is not melted left on the cooker after a cook the cooker can travel back into the FA melt the plastic blades which kee spinning If the FAN is melted you purchase a replacement at www t The OPEN LID DETECT feature is o the GURU to wait to calculate all introduced into the cooker before back o...

Page 16: ...in to re boot and see if that ca to run normally If rebooting the CONTROL UNIT doe might have a bad relay in either the CONTROL UNIT Move the PIT PROBE 3 4 away from If the PIT PROBE is attached too closely to the food it will display a lower temp since Make sure your OPEN LID DETECT f turned ON This feature allows the detect when you open your cooker a TEMP drops If this feature is turne GURU wil...

Page 17: ...h the CONTROL UNIT Make sure the probe is pushed al into the PIT JACK It s normal for different brands of thermometers to have some temp variance Try your Non Guru food thermome boiling water and ice water and se If the DISPLAY reads this means there is an error with the PIT PROBE PIT TEMP display shows It s possible the PIT PROBE is damaged and not reading properly Swap the PIT PROBE with the FOO...

Page 18: ...aying a very high temp Usually in the 400 degree range Your PIT PROBE inside the wire The FOOD PROBE wire has small hard reddish bumps present on the outside of the mesh The FOOD PRO flame or exposu need to purchas www thebbqgu Make sure the p into the FOOD J Insert the FOOD there is still PROBE is bad then there is an display on rent erent meter If the DISPLAY reads this means there is an error w...