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Corey Elks

Corey Elks

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ok, here i go rambling but...... clay pot, sand, water, .......... why not just leave water pan empty and control fire with vents and just use empty water pan foiled to keep heat indirect??????? Also the eyelet holes.. all of my wired thermometer probes are curved where the wire meets the probe so i cant stick probe into food. I have to just run wire under lid. Is this what you guys are doing? Are eylets strictly to put a probe in to check for cooker temps? thanks for your responce.
 
The clay, sand, water, etc, all work to absorb heat. This means that if your fire gets too hot these materials will help moderate the temp. This (in theory) means less fiddling with the vents.

Although my temps stay very even with a full water bowl, I'm about fed up with water. Without foil it makes a mess. With foil it leaks through, boils out, and screws up my fire. Unless I can find some 55" wide foil, so I can cover the bowl without a seam, I'm done with water.

With an empty bowl my cooker temp moves more than I would like.

I'm going to try an empty bowl with an air pocket next, and sand after that. Mostly because I already have these materials available.
 
Each choice seems to have its proponents. For me, I never have used water in the pan. I use a clay pot foiled placed in a foiled water pan. I then double foil both pieces together. It is those sheets of foil that I replace on occasion. I have been using a drip pan far more frequently of late to spare the foil.

Filling the pan with something (water, clay pot, sand, foil balls, etc.) creates a heat sink. That will assist you in controlling the temperatures as the "stuff", whatever you use, will hold the heat so the smoker remains stabilized.

I find the eyelet holes quite useful. Plenty of folks place the wires beneath the lids with success. My luck with probes have been less than great. The eyelets permit one to run the wires without the possibility of crimping them. I run both smoker and food probes through the eyelets.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Corey Elks:
Also the eyelet holes.. all of my wired thermometer probes are curved where the wire meets the probe so i cant stick probe into food. I have to just run wire under lid. Is this what you guys are doing? Are eylets strictly to put a probe in to check for cooker temps? thanks for your responce. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I have Guru eyelets installed, and you can run the curved probes through them without much trouble. That goes for Polder probes, and those for the Stoker. Both will go through the eyelet.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Justin W:
Will two probes fit through one 1/4 inchguru eyelet? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, one at a time. With Stoker probes, you may have to remove the silicone rubber grommet from the second probe to get it through (you can then replace it after the probe is in). But I suggest installing two eyelets, just to make life easier.
 
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