I purchased this last May and have only used it a few times. Always stored correctly in the case and probes protected. I went to use today and it fired up no issue, however after 5 minutes or so the fan started to sound strained and it dropped from 100 speed down to 56, then to 18. The fan then started to pulse and the fan output fluctuated from 18 to 22. The smoker was nowhere near the target temp but the fan was acting as though it was either close to temp, or the lid was open. I turned off the unit, did the old “unplug, wait and plug back in” trick, but to no avail. Did this a few times and the unit then started back up, ran at 100 for 10 seconds, started to pulse and the shut off completely and the LED started blinking red. The temp was still registering on the APP but the fan wouldn’t correctly regulate.
Also there were a couple times where the APP showed the lid was open (it was not), the probe was not connected (it was) and also showed the temp was in excess of 500 degrees (can confirm it wasn’t)
Hopefully someone can assist here. It’s less than a year old. Should I be thinking of warranty on this? Bought off Amazon so unsure how warranty would work here.Thanks for looking/assisting!