Recirculation pump and strike water temps...

[TinyRivers]

Hey Folks, hopefully this makes sense and someone can answer my question.

I just bought an All-In-One brewing machine, with a recirculation pump, and I have the ability to pre-program my brew steps.

Previous to this I've been using a 10 gallon cooler and a stove top pot (boiler).

I use Beersmith, which calculates the temp I want my strike water, prior to doughing in, and it's been reasonably close.

So, I started pre-programming a recipe to the target strike temp as per beersmith (compensating for the grain addition), and then programmed a second step to keep the temperature at my mashing temp.

Is this necessary with a recirc pump being introduced to my process?

Could I just program the mash temp right away, and assume the recirculation will get me back to it quickly?

The controller comes preset for these steps, but it simply goes from mash temp to a higher step mash temp, then boil...(with hop addition steps, etc).

Any help is appreciated, and again, I hope my question is clear enough...
Thx, Doug.

[LiverDance]

When I was using my all in one I recirculated the water just to ensure the temp was as uniform as possible.