Author Archives: Bill Plein

About Bill Plein

I've been in the data storage industry since the 1990's, most recently with 3PAR, Fusion-io, and Pure Storage. I'm now with Diamanti, where we make Kubernetes easy and fast. I'm attracted to bright, shiny new objects.

Savannah Stoker Auto-Tune

By | January 9, 2012

  The Savannah Stoker is a PID controller upgrade for the Traeger brand of pellet grill. PID controllers get their name from the type of feedback loop they use to control the output. PID is short for “Proportional Integral Derivative”. A good description for those of atechnical bent can be found on the Wikipedia listing for… Read More »

BBQ Smoked Chili

By | December 17, 2011

Decided to try out the new Savannah Stoker controller by cooking up some beef for chili. note: This is not Texas chili. It has beans and other stuff in it! Ingredients: 3 lbs of stew quality beef (chuck, anything that will break down is good). I used some “bulk -buy” chuck that I had bought several… Read More »

Savannah Stoker Quick Start Guide

By | December 12, 2011

I recently received my long awaited Savannah Stoker. Thought I’d write it up! The Savannah Stoker is a new product that is still under final development. The Development Team can be found at the Pelletheads website, specifically check out the Savannah Stoker thread.  You can also follow the Savannah Stoker Facebook page. The Savannah Stoker… Read More »