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6. The Display, Keys and Power Switch
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6.1. Key Operation
UP
– Indexes the setpoint up.
DOWN
– Indexes the setpoint down.
UP & DOWN
–
Enters the setup menu when both are held down.
6.2. Blower/Temperature LED
As you gain experience cooking with your PartyQ, you will learn to rely on the Blower
LED to tell you how it’s controlling. When all is going well and there is plenty of
charcoal in the cooker, the blower will just gently puff the fire (feeding it little bursts of
oxygen). When you start to run out of charcoal you may notice the blower running
almost all of the time.
6.3. Over / Under Range Temperatures
If the temperature goes below 32 degrees or above 475 degrees on the pit temperature
probe (or the probe fails), the display will show
.
7. Powering up
When you switch the power on the PartyQ will show
, to test the display
and then it shows the current version number, e.g.
.
Important Note:
The low battery indicator will be displayed every time the unit it
powered on and booting-up. This does not mean you have a low battery, it’s just the
LCD screen booting-up and displaying all of the characters for a second or two. If during
the cook the low battery indicator comes on please change your batteries.
7.1.Power Interruption Recovery Feature with Internal Memory
Because of the internal memory, if there is a brief or sustained power interruption, such
as a dead battery at any time while cooking with the PartyQ, the unit will automatically
