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Grate Temps?
- Thread starter Stone
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dave caston
TVWBB Fan
That would be in the right temp range.
j biesinger
TVWBB Platinum Member
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Should I assume bout 230* </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
You know what happens when you assume.
My first year with the wsm I only read the dome temp and couldn't figure out why 8-9 hr cooks weren't tenderizing my spares. This spring, I purchased a dual probe pit therm and and put a probe through the bolt hole at each of the cooking levels. It amazed me how how different the temp were from what I thought.
You know what happens when you assume.
My first year with the wsm I only read the dome temp and couldn't figure out why 8-9 hr cooks weren't tenderizing my spares. This spring, I purchased a dual probe pit therm and and put a probe through the bolt hole at each of the cooking levels. It amazed me how how different the temp were from what I thought.
Craig Castille
TVWBB Wizard
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Stone:
So -- If I've got 250* in the top of the smoker, Should I assume bout 230* on the top grate and 210ish on the bottom? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
That's about right. However, on a long cook, temps pretty much even out in the wsm.
So -- If I've got 250* in the top of the smoker, Should I assume bout 230* on the top grate and 210ish on the bottom? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
That's about right. However, on a long cook, temps pretty much even out in the wsm.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mark H:
Thermometers should be the same level as the meat. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I used to fiddle around with all sorts of probes, remotes and doodads. I was always frustrated with odd readings. Now, I just have a regular analog thermometer stuck in the top vent (not blocking it). The smoker seems to naturally stabilize with that reading 250* I figure if that's what it's going to be, that's what it's going to be.
Thermometers should be the same level as the meat. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I used to fiddle around with all sorts of probes, remotes and doodads. I was always frustrated with odd readings. Now, I just have a regular analog thermometer stuck in the top vent (not blocking it). The smoker seems to naturally stabilize with that reading 250* I figure if that's what it's going to be, that's what it's going to be.
j biesinger
TVWBB Platinum Member
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">The smoker seems to naturally stabilize with that reading 250* I figure if that's what it's going to be, that's what it's going to be. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
sometimes i wonder if the wsm knows more than I do. My q got better when I let it find its own temp. Whatever that temp is, I do like to keep track.
sometimes i wonder if the wsm knows more than I do. My q got better when I let it find its own temp. Whatever that temp is, I do like to keep track.
Dave/G
TVWBB Emerald Member
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Stone:
The smoker seems to naturally stabilize with that reading 250* I figure if that's what it's going to be, that's what it's going to be. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I go along with you on that. Then you can pay more attention to things like testing for tender etc and getting a nice final product rather than going beserk because your therm reads 260 and you're looking for 240 or whatever. JMO
The smoker seems to naturally stabilize with that reading 250* I figure if that's what it's going to be, that's what it's going to be. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I go along with you on that. Then you can pay more attention to things like testing for tender etc and getting a nice final product rather than going beserk because your therm reads 260 and you're looking for 240 or whatever. JMO