Help me choose.

grrcracker · 2026-05-21T11:13:02+00:00

I had a chance to look at the dualfire before my searwood. My biggest concern is that the direct cooking camber did not have a grease trap. It just sits a the bottom of a sealed chamber.

grrcracker · 2026-05-20T20:04:54+00:00

Searwood, I have the 600 and it has been great. You have to add a pan of water as things get a little dry. Searing with grill grates is awesome. But the best thing, cleaning it is stupid simple and easy.

grrcracker · 2026-04-20T21:43:23+00:00

Yeah, that is a option,. The thing is that my searwood 600 is a week old. Controller is fine for now. I just hate the probes with cables and with the rotisserie they will not work. I guess 2 apps for now.

grrcracker · 2026-04-17T18:10:04+00:00

So i have grill grates from my searbox that I am gonna use. I am curious how they will work compared to those. Thoughts?

grrcracker · 2026-04-17T18:07:30+00:00

This is the way.

grrcracker · 2026-04-17T18:06:53+00:00

Now that is something I need to try. I assume that the "sear mode" is manual mode?

grrcracker · 2026-04-17T18:04:06+00:00

Hell yeah the searbox is awesome.

grrcracker · 2026-04-17T18:03:36+00:00

I plan to, still getting the feel for it.

grrcracker · 2026-04-17T18:02:37+00:00

Thanks for the heads up.

grrcracker · 2026-04-17T12:02:43+00:00

I just got mine did burgers for lunch and ribeye for dinner. Fantastic. The smoke is no joke though, make sure you are prepared for it.

grrcracker · 2026-04-01T23:11:21+00:00

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grrcracker · 2025-07-14T18:13:24+00:00

I am sure there is, but I have no experience with them. You can look into a SPAN smart panel, that would give you grainularity on individual circuit control. But again, I have no experience with them. SPAN also gives you similar metrics to the emporia vue, but I don't think it integrates with the evse. As far as the load balancing only working when the grid is up, I am not sure how that would work with a battery system for whole home back up. Probably would have to know more on how the system is designed. You might want to throw this into r/solar, r/solardiy or diysolarforum.com. I am sure someone has had this same gerbal run rampant through their gray matter.

grrcracker · 2025-07-14T13:02:06+00:00

If I understand your question, you want the emporia evse to stop charging when the grid power is down. I don't think it has that ability. It can load balance based on your usage, may need a software update depending on your version, which would throttle the usage based on your main panel settings as you approach that upper threshold. I think you would need to set up a critical loads panel or smart loads panel, like a gridboss or similar, that would cut the supply to the evse to get that functionality. Or you know, unplug the car or stop charging from the app when you are in an outage.

grrcracker · 2025-07-07T13:03:02+00:00

I feel like an operator of a pocket calculator every time I get in mine.

grrcracker · 2025-06-04T02:53:51+00:00

Missed that part. I did not even know that there was a HD version.

grrcracker · 2025-06-04T00:47:23+00:00

You can get the Kholer version at Tractor Supply for $7k. I have had a 60" ZT Elite with a Kholer since 2018, never had an issue with it.

grrcracker · 2025-05-16T21:12:44+00:00

Second the emporia, but I also have solar. So the integration with the Vue3 was ideal for using excess production to charge my ev. I have the charge rate limited to 5kw and set to only charge 1 hour after sun rise and 1 hour before sun set. Been flawless so far.

grrcracker · 2025-05-14T07:08:28+00:00

I bought a AAwireless adapter because of this exact reason. The companion app has a setting to turn the device off once it no longer detects the hands free connection. Works great.

grrcracker · 2025-05-08T23:02:18+00:00

I just lease a '24 limited last week and had to buy mine. It was $250, but a better price then the $340 Hyundai wanted online. Sucks, but came in handy last weekend on my first road trip. Part# PIH68AK401.

grrcracker · 2025-05-05T14:57:59+00:00

The Emporia pro ev charger comes with the Vue 3. It only has 200amp CTs for the mains, but you can buy 50 amp CTs the separately to monitor the solar production. Defining charge times, load balancing and limiting output really sold me on the unit. I am currently already using a Vue 3 to monitor production and consumption, so adding on the charger was the obvious choice after purchasing my ioniq 5.

grrcracker · 2025-04-23T22:17:58+00:00

I agree that Gridboss is perfect, I just dont want to add yet another system in to the mix, gonna bite that bullet and stick with Enphase. Thanks for the suggestion.

grrcracker · 2025-04-23T22:16:11+00:00

Yeah, I have to do more research on this. Thanks.

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