“I’ve heard most of the arguments about using temperature controls. I’ve heard the BBQ purists say they’re for people who don’t know how to smoke food. Actually, the temp controllers are for people who do and want to do it well consistently. The Fireboard Drive 2 does exactly that with consistency. Yeah, you still need to bring you’re “A” game to the cook session the same way you would if you were in your indoor kitchen. After all its still about the food, along with the time and care that goes into cooking it. I think Fireboard Labs gets this better than the other temp controller I was using.
Now as far as the BBQ purists are concerned, I have my doubts they’re cooking all their meals over campfires instead of kitchen stoves and storing perishables on blocks of ice instead of in refrigerators.
The Fireboard Drive 2 was designed by folks who respect your time and the food you’re cooking. I recommend you get one.”
“Took a gamble as I had company coming over for dinner, unboxed my FireBoard 2 Drive and a FireBoard 20 CFM fan at 5:30 a.m. and fired up my extra large Big Green Egg. I downloaded the app and began smoking. The flame was holding at 235 plus or minus 5 degrees for about two hours at which time my temp began to drop as the fan wouldn’t go on. My controller was in direct sunlight and got warm (operator error) but at soon as I moved to a cooler shaded position it came back to desired temperature where it held for 8 hours at which time I wrapped (11#pork shoulder bone in) and removed it when it reached 200 degrees. The controller and fan worked perfectly for 12 hours on a single charcoal fill. The fan fit with the adapters was spot on. So much better than my green controller. I highly recommend.”
“This device has been a game changer. Before buying this device everytime I used my Big Green Egg for a low and slow cook it was a dice roll. The temperatures would fluctuate wildly and whatever I was cooking was a disaster. Fustrating to say the least. Since buying the Fireboard 2 with fan, it's been night and day. From the first cook, I programmed the temperature and let it go. Perfect! The BGE maintained a perfect 250F for hours. I was shocked and overjoyed! Since then I've cooked multiple briskets requiring overnight cooks. Each time, the Fireboard kept everything under control. This thing is amazing. If low and slow is your game this is definitely a game changer. I highly recommend and would purchase this again. Cheers!”
“It was very intuitive once setup was understood. Has very comprehensive setting capabilities. Controlled temp in a Weber Summit now called Komado very well hooked up to BBQGuru fan. Only complaint is that battery died very early. Manual boasted 30 hr battery life. I got less than 10 hours. Charged to 50% and again got less than 5 hours.”
“Was in need of an upgrade as the one I had, DigiQ v1, was starting to throw more error codes. I am using it with a Pit Viper fan and love the seeing the variable fan speed function. I really enjoy all the features and how easy the setup and menus are. I did a couple of short cooks with it so far and it is excellent. I am looking forward to doing a brisket or pork shoulder and using the program function to manage time and temp setting change. Works as as I hoped and the ease of navigating it is fantastic. Easily one of the best BBQ purchases I have made.”
“The Fireboard 2 drive is great. My only complaint comes from the app. It’d be nice to pick your probe colors. Having all probes different shades of brown isn’t ideal. But overall the Fireboard 2 drive is fantastic.”
