RalphTrimble
TVWBB Diamond Member
One of the things that I was really looking forward to when I was building my Heater Meter was cooking pizza's in my Kamado grill. (which I didn't own yet at the time...) Recently I got my first Kamado grill, or as I call it, the FauxMado, because it is the Char Griller Kamado Kooker which is made with an insulated steel shell rather than being a real Kamado. At any rate, this thing can get HOT and will definitely cook some pizzas!
I've been quite disappointed, however, because I have been unable to use the Heater Meter for my high heat pizza cooks. I bought two Maverick High Heat probes, melted the first one inside the grill, melted the second one while it was just dangling inside the top vent (the probe was inserted up to the round part, the braided wire was completely outside of the cooker). After melting the second probe I gave up and have been cooking pizza's without the Heater Meter.
I would really like to get setup were I can use the Heater Meter to regulate my high temp cooks as well as low and slow cooks cause I think it would help the grill recover temps faster and keep the temperature from creeping upward (while I am eating the first pizza and not paying attention!). I plan on having a "Pizza-Palooza" soon and it would be nice if the grill would mind itself while I do the pizza prep, and I would also like to show off my Heater Meter to everyone in the process...
I am wondering if there are any better probes that can be used with the Heater Meter that could handle pizza oven temps without melting? Or perhaps another method I could use to accomplish this goal? I had thought of making a metal mount that would extend into the top grill vent that would clip to a maverick probe (with the probe completely outside of the grill), then set an offset for that probe to calibrate with the actual internal temps of the grill. This seems like it would work, but would probably be pretty inaccurate I would think?
So I decided to start this thread to ask the Heater Meter developers and users for ideas how I might go about accomplishing my goal of regulating high temp cooks with the Heater Meter???
I'm looking forward to your comments and suggestions... Thanks.
I've been quite disappointed, however, because I have been unable to use the Heater Meter for my high heat pizza cooks. I bought two Maverick High Heat probes, melted the first one inside the grill, melted the second one while it was just dangling inside the top vent (the probe was inserted up to the round part, the braided wire was completely outside of the cooker). After melting the second probe I gave up and have been cooking pizza's without the Heater Meter.
I would really like to get setup were I can use the Heater Meter to regulate my high temp cooks as well as low and slow cooks cause I think it would help the grill recover temps faster and keep the temperature from creeping upward (while I am eating the first pizza and not paying attention!). I plan on having a "Pizza-Palooza" soon and it would be nice if the grill would mind itself while I do the pizza prep, and I would also like to show off my Heater Meter to everyone in the process...
I am wondering if there are any better probes that can be used with the Heater Meter that could handle pizza oven temps without melting? Or perhaps another method I could use to accomplish this goal? I had thought of making a metal mount that would extend into the top grill vent that would clip to a maverick probe (with the probe completely outside of the grill), then set an offset for that probe to calibrate with the actual internal temps of the grill. This seems like it would work, but would probably be pretty inaccurate I would think?
So I decided to start this thread to ask the Heater Meter developers and users for ideas how I might go about accomplishing my goal of regulating high temp cooks with the Heater Meter???
I'm looking forward to your comments and suggestions... Thanks.