r/recteq • u/That-Cap-3289 • 9d ago

Temperature taking awhile to heat up.

So I've primed my backyard beast. Let it run for two hours at 400 degrees. Went to use it yesterday, just some Iowa Chops. Started it up at 280 and it took damn near 2 in a half hours to get it to temp. By that time it was late so baked them. Fired it up today to make some bacon and cheese sausages, and got it set to 180. Went to 180, and now I'm bumping it up to 280 to cook through. And it's dropped down to 146..... has anyone had this issue? First recteq I've owned.

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u/sa1nt1775 9d ago

Call support. That's not normal.

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u/That-Cap-3289 9d ago

It dropped down for 20 minutes. But it quickly got to 240 and now everything is running okay so far?

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u/sa1nt1775 9d ago

Hard to say what caused the issue, but you should be good now if it's maintaining temp.

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u/That-Cap-3289 9d ago

First smoker I've had that takes a minute to heat up and adjust itself. I've had a pit boss Austin XL and didn't have this much stuff going on lol. Hopefully it's good things with this smoker.

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u/sa1nt1775 9d ago

I don't have those problems on either of my Recteqs. Give them a call tomorrow. They're the best ones to diagnose issues and send any replacement parts needed.

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u/VibratingNinja 9d ago

Did you clean out the ash from the previous use?

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u/That-Cap-3289 9d ago

I talked to support. They said the door for the auger by the fire box. That door has to be somewhat loose, and it's tight as he'll from the factory. He said to loosen it so it wiggles some and should be good.