TurboTemp newbie question

[Vindicator]

My new Pro 575 is touted as having "TurboTemp" as a feature to boost the initial warm-up and to boost recovery after lifting the lid. There is, however, no "TurboTemp" button or menu option on the grill or on the app. I assume from this that TurboTemp is a feature that operates behind the scenes, rather than one I select when I want it. I assume it just kicks in whenever the temperature inside the grill is detected to be more than X degrees below the set temperature.

Correct? Any clarfications or corrections on any of this?

 

[RayClem]

The grills have a PID controller (proportional, integral, differential). Depending upon how the controller is tuned in firmware, you can make it favor temperature stability or temperature recovery. The "TurboTemp" feature is nothing but marketing speak. The problem with rapid temperature recovery is that you end up overshooting the target temperature. For that reason, when I want to increase temperature of my Ironwood from my usual starting temperature of 225F to something like 400F for baking a pizza, I do not change the setpoint directly to 400F. I move the setpoint up 50 degrees at a time and then increment it again when it gets close to the setpoint. That way, I get minimal overshoot. However, if you do not care about overshooting the setpoint, you can change it in one step. Do not be surprised if the temperature goes up to 450F before dropping back down to 400F.

 

[Vindicator]

The grills have a PID controller (proportional, integral, differential). Depending upon how the controller is tuned in firmware, you can make it favor temperature stability or temperature recovery. The "TurboTemp" feature is nothing but marketing speak. The problem with rapid temperature recovery is that you end up overshooting the target temperature. For that reason, when I want to increase temperature of my Ironwood from my usual starting temperature of 225F to something like 400F for baking a pizza, I do not change the setpoint directly to 400F. I move the setpoint up 50 degrees at a time and then increment it again when it gets close to the setpoint. That way, I get minimal overshoot. However, if you do not care about overshooting the setpoint, you can change it in one step. Do not be surprised if the temperature goes up to 450F before dropping back down to 400F.

Thanks, Ray, that's helpful. Interesting tradeoff between speed and overshoot.

 

[CMTiger]

The grills have a PID controller (proportional, integral, differential). Depending upon how the controller is tuned in firmware, you can make it favor temperature stability or temperature recovery. The "TurboTemp" feature is nothing but marketing speak. The problem with rapid temperature recovery is that you end up overshooting the target temperature. For that reason, when I want to increase temperature of my Ironwood from my usual starting temperature of 225F to something like 400F for baking a pizza, I do not change the setpoint directly to 400F. I move the setpoint up 50 degrees at a time and then increment it again when it gets close to the setpoint. That way, I get minimal overshoot. However, if you do not care about overshooting the setpoint, you can change it in one step. Do not be surprised if the temperature goes up to 450F before dropping back down to 400F.

How much time does working it up 50 degrees at a time take compared to letting it overshoot and work back down?

 

[RayClem]

How much time does working it up 50 degrees at a time take compared to letting it overshoot and work back down?

I do not think there is a lot of time difference overall. The big difference is that I have to be there to adjust the temperature every couple of minutes. It is a matter of preference, not necessity. If the controller is set to a high level, the controller is going to feel a lot of pellets and the fire pot is going to get very hot. I suspect (but cannot prove) this will prematurely shorten the life of the hot rod, the fire pot and perhaps even other steel parts. That is why I do not want the temperature to overshoot at higher temperatures. When starting the grill I just set the controller to 225F. It will always overshoot some, but that does not bother me.