TCarpenter
New member
So I received a lot of accessories for my kamado joe for Christmas and I was anxious to fire up the grill and smoke some ribs. I hooked the heater meter up and put my 3 slabs of baby backs on. I decided to do no foil for the first time.
I set the heater meter to 225 degrees and said I wouldn't peek. At about three hours in I was messing with the top damper to open it some so the fan wouldn't have to kick on to get temp back up. I went inside to sit down and saw the pit temp falling fast as if the lid was open. I thought I accidentally hit the lid open button and the HM closed off the damper. A while later I went outside to the grill. The drome thermometer was around 400 degrees. I quickly plugged in a food thermometer and stuck it in from the top damper and realized the temp was around 400.
It turned out that my pit probe was close to my ribs in the rib rack. I believe the meat shifted and when I checked inside the probe was touching the meat which caused the pit temp to fall drastically and told the HM to turn fan on. The ribs were mostly tough and I was ****ed. At least I know the cause and it was just user error.
I set the heater meter to 225 degrees and said I wouldn't peek. At about three hours in I was messing with the top damper to open it some so the fan wouldn't have to kick on to get temp back up. I went inside to sit down and saw the pit temp falling fast as if the lid was open. I thought I accidentally hit the lid open button and the HM closed off the damper. A while later I went outside to the grill. The drome thermometer was around 400 degrees. I quickly plugged in a food thermometer and stuck it in from the top damper and realized the temp was around 400.
It turned out that my pit probe was close to my ribs in the rib rack. I believe the meat shifted and when I checked inside the probe was touching the meat which caused the pit temp to fall drastically and told the HM to turn fan on. The ribs were mostly tough and I was ****ed. At least I know the cause and it was just user error.