Pitts & Spitts Tech Tip: Running a Lower Temp on the Maverick

• Posted on 1 September 2023
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After a lot of R&D from Coy at P&S, he informed us of the ability to edit your controller setting in order to run cooler temps on the Maverick than what is originally programmed into the controller. Here's how...

After significant testing on a personally owned Maverick 2000 for a few months it has been found the grill can reliably run at temperatures other than the factory settings for more smoky results in your cooks.

If you want to change the lowest temp range on your unit you can. Proceed at your own risk. Something weird could happen.

140°F is the lowest recommended setting. It is not recommend going any lower.

To edit parameters, from the blank menu display, press and hold the Pellet Prime and Probe Display keys for 3 seconds. When the display shows C- and then a number, this is the Parameter Menu. To change the Parameter number, use the Temp Up / Down keys.  Once you have C-2 showing on the display, hit the power button to enter into the temperature display. In order to change the temperature, you will use the "Display" and "Probe" buttons as your up and down buttons. Once you have the temperature set to the desired low-end set point, you'll hit the power button again. This should take you back to the parameter display, where it should show C-2 again. If you hit the Power button again it will take you back into the temperature display, which you can do to confirm that the controller accepted your desired value. Hitting the Power button yet again will take you back to the parameter menu and from there you can hit and hold the Prime button for a second to exit the Parameter programming menu all together and the display should go blank again.

Again, we wouldn't recommend setting this below 140°F to avoid unnecessary flame-out issues. This is why most other companies on the market won't program their units below 160°F, so it's probably best not to press your luck.