FireBoard Pulse

[MidwestSmoker]

We watched this guy review the Thermoworks RFX, so its only fair we should watch his review of the FireBoard Pulse:

 

[Timmy]

I will have one in a week or so. I’ve been super busy with life stuff, including a move after 40+ years. When I get to the new place and get something set up do do some cooking, I’ll post my own thoughts on it.


AND I’ll have a big announcement that involves FireBoard.

 

[Torstenlaw]

Waiting for mine. Apparently getting it across the border had some issues. Fireboard is getting the paperwork together. Fireboard won't ship to Canada as of now.

 

[RustyJake]

Waiting for mine. Apparently getting it across the border had some issues. Fireboard is getting the paperwork together. Fireboard won't ship to Canada as of now.

Yeah, I was waiting for one of the Canadian dealers to carry them.
There's a real issue getting stuff from the US north of the border. Dealing with UPS is brutal in extra charges, Fed Ex is a bit better. USPS is by far the best method, but hardly anyone uses that.

 

[Torstenlaw]

Yeah. I emailed Smoker Broker and they told me about the paperwork issue. $215 for a pulse.

 

[RustyJake]

Yeah. I emailed Smoker Broker and they told me about the paperwork issue. $215 for a pulse.

They used to be the only distributor for a while. I haven't had any issues ordering from them, they are in Saskatchewan.
I will be adding 1 or 2 of these to my collection of probes

 

[Torstenlaw]

Purolator lost my package, so was still waiting. Apparently Smoker Broker is the Canadian distributor for Fireboard. Smoker Broker gave me a refund and I ordered from Dickson BBQ. Smoker Broker is sold out of the Pulse.

 

[RustyJake]

They definitely get things first, for a while, you had to go through them for the FB products.
I was waiting for black Friday to see if there was any deals from Dicksons BBQ. Same price as Smoker Broker, but Dicksonbbq.com usually has had better freight rates or a deal for no freight on some items.
Looking forward to hearing about it when you get it

 

[RustyJake]

Well, my new toy arrived this morning.
Looking forward to trying it out. Won't be for a couple weeks.
Interested to see if it'll work inside a sealed SousVide bag submerged in water. It'll be great for making checking internal temps as an added check for time and temperature for pasturized food.

 

[Torstenlaw]

Wouldn't the water block the signal? Haven't tried mine yet, but doing a prime rib on Friday.

 

[RustyJake]

Wouldn't the water block the signal? Haven't tried mine yet, but doing a prime rib on Friday.

I watched a test online for reception on a group of wireless probes. One of the tests they dropped them in a hot deep fryer in a potato and they pretty much all passed that test. So the signal does get through liquids.
I will know on Christmas. I plan on using the SousVide on a prime rib and then finishing on the grill

 

[RustyJake]

The pulse has no problem in the sous vide or submerged in water. I used it to precook our prime rib and that portion worked flawlessly.
I noticed that the temperature is off. The temperature of the water was 2 degrees off, and the reading on the app differed from the FireBoard controller