IQ110 BBQ Temperature Regulator Kit with Standard Pit Adapter for Weber Smokey Mountain, Weber Kettle and Many Other BBQ Smokers

Full disclosure: I bought this directly from the manufacturer about a year and a half ago. (Sorry, Amazon) I have a couple of gadgets I use for Low N Slow cooks and this is one of them. I usually combine mine with the Slow N Seer and it works really well. I just cooked some ribs in 30 degree weather and got 5 full hours with zero vent adjustments necessary during the cook.I wasn't surprised to see the mixed reviews of this product. It's sort of counter intuitive. They want you to close off all intake and exhaust vents except for the one the IQ110 is blowing air through. When I first started, I didn't trust it. I left the exhaust vent open and got mixed results.They also advise you to light about half the usual amount of charcoal you normally use to get the fire started. That also took me a few tries to get used to, again with mixed results.Finally, I did a practice cook where I actually followed the instructions. I lit just 6 coals. I closed all the vents. It ran much better than it did before but after a few hours the temperature very slowly crept up, I read the instruction manual again and learned about the adjustable intake damper settings; which is kind of an allowance built into the fan for leaky grills. I found out that a setting of 1 in the IQ intake damper locks in the temp with very little variation. So if you're looking for a really good, although counter intuitive way to control your temps for long cooks, look no more.Nothing is perfect however, and the IQ110 does have some drawbacks. First, it doesn't have a dedicated food probe. If you're like me you have about 3 of them so that's no big deal. Second, as many people have mentioned in the reviews, the probes are delicate. I have a grill grommet installed in my Weber and I think it's kept the probe out of trouble, but I'm still very careful with it. Third, and this has also been mentioned, the air hose won't take a lot of heat and will melt. Since I use it exclusively for indirect cooks this hasn't been a problem for me. Finally, the fan casing seems a bit fragile and the unit is totally devoid of any fancy bells and whistles. it does one thing-hold temp.In my opinion these are minor issues, soI have no problem recommending the IQ110.

I purchased an IQ110 about 8 months ago at the start of the summer. I Have a Weber 18.5 WSM which I love but like some other reviewers I was using it less and less because of the constant monitoring required. While that is part of the fun of BBQing, it wasn't practical.I was skeptical of the IQ110 because of its low price point compared to other regulators and at the time there were far fewer reviews. Well, I could not be happier. I am using my smoker way more and the results are better than they've ever been. I use Kingsford blue bag set up with the minion method and have been getting great results with minimal attending to the smoker. For long cooks (over 10 hours) I have to add more fuel half way through. That's it.I did do a few things to make life easier - I always place the fan unit on a table away from the smoker so it isn't exposed to a lot of heat. I made a little cover for it out of half a 2 liter bottle so dew or any overnight showers wouldn't get the unit wet. It's worked flawlessly every time. It's been a true "set it and forget it" experience for me.If you're looking at this unit you've probably seen some of the other, more expensive offerings for temp regulators. My inner gear geek wanted to go with one of those super precise, blu tooth capable units. I am really glad i saved the money and went with the IQ. The plus/minus 10 degree range is more than adequate for BBQ. You're smoking meat not baking pastry; don't over think it. When I was checking manually every hour my results were never this good.The biggest relief is now I can focus on the other aspects of entertaining (preparing sides, making drinks, mingling with guests) and not worry about the meat. I know when it'll be ready and what it will taste and look like. Ultimately it's a huge time saver which makes having lots of people over for BBQ a lot more fun.

Pitmaster IQ110 for Weber Smokey MountainI got this as a gift to use with my 18.5 Weber Smokey Mountain. It works very well. It does seem to allow a temperature swing of 10 or 15 degrees F, but that is a lot better than I can do manually. My only complaint is that it does not include instructions and the instructions found online are inadequate and perhaps incorrect. Here are some things I figured out about installation and use.There is a chrome dome that is fastened to a bottom vent of the WSM. There is a wing nut (probably not the correct term – it is spring loaded.) The wing nut goes on the inside of the WSM. I decided to leave the chrome dome in place when storing the WSM. The bolt gets corroded some during the smoke, and would be difficult to put on and take off after every use.One of the parts provided is a small plastic (or rubber) cap. Use this when done smoking to close the inlet to the chrome dome so you can smother the coals.There is a Pitmaster video showing setup. They fed the temperature probe cable through the vent. I think this is a bad idea because instructions say that the cable should not be crimped. The WSM has a rubber grommet for passing temperature probe cables through it. It is normally used for the temperature probe that you put in your meat, but it will accommodate both the meat temperature probe and the Pitmaster temperature probe. The Pitmaster temperature probe is in an alligator clip. The alligator clip won’t pass through the WSM grommet, but the clip easily slips off the probe. Then you pass the probe through the hole, then you put it back in the alligator clip.Pitmaster instructions say to close the upper WSM vent most of the way, leaving it about 1/8 inch open. This surprised me because I always kept it wide open before. But I followed that instruction and it worked okay.Some of the marketing pictures of the Pitmaster show a part that is actually a handle on the WSM 22 inch. The part is not part of the Pitmaster product.