All,
I know there are snippets of this in different posts but wanted to get everyone's opinion in one place. I just purchased a Maverick ET732 and want to use it this weekend on a prime rib cook.
From everything I have read here I want to make a notch in the top of the center section where everything can fit through. I have a dremel with cutoff wheels but wondering on two points.
A) from those that have done this with a dremel how did you do the bottom of the notch? I am thinking this procedure for doing mine:
- blue tape the area both inside and out.
- drill a hole (just big enough for my 2 wires) as high up on the middle section as possible just below where it flares out for the lid holder.
- use the dremel to cut out just enough above the drilled hole so that my probes will fit through it.
- use a small file to make sure no jagged edges to catch on the probe wires
- my cook this weekend should give it a nice grease/soot coating
Any suggestions or pics of others who have done this to help on this?
B) I always "shut down" my smoker when I get done to save as much of the charcoal for the next cook as possible. I am thinking once I get done with my cook I will pull the probes out and then just take a piece of paper towel folded up and jam it in the hole so that the coals go out from lack of oxygen. Anyone have suggestions or experience on doing this?
I know there are snippets of this in different posts but wanted to get everyone's opinion in one place. I just purchased a Maverick ET732 and want to use it this weekend on a prime rib cook.
From everything I have read here I want to make a notch in the top of the center section where everything can fit through. I have a dremel with cutoff wheels but wondering on two points.
A) from those that have done this with a dremel how did you do the bottom of the notch? I am thinking this procedure for doing mine:
- blue tape the area both inside and out.
- drill a hole (just big enough for my 2 wires) as high up on the middle section as possible just below where it flares out for the lid holder.
- use the dremel to cut out just enough above the drilled hole so that my probes will fit through it.
- use a small file to make sure no jagged edges to catch on the probe wires
- my cook this weekend should give it a nice grease/soot coating
Any suggestions or pics of others who have done this to help on this?
B) I always "shut down" my smoker when I get done to save as much of the charcoal for the next cook as possible. I am thinking once I get done with my cook I will pull the probes out and then just take a piece of paper towel folded up and jam it in the hole so that the coals go out from lack of oxygen. Anyone have suggestions or experience on doing this?