I installed thermometers in all my smokers, so when I got a OTS off craigslist, I put one in the lid. The location I chose was directly opposite the vent, on the other side of the handle. Nice and symmetrical.
I was cooking a meatloaf the other night and decided to use the kettle instead of the WSM. I always put the coals on one side behind bricks and the vent over the food, opposite the fire. Unfortunately, this places my thermometer directly over the coals where it reads 100 degrees hotter than the grate under the food. Next time, it goes next to the vent. Just in case some of you didn't think it through like I didn't.
I was cooking a meatloaf the other night and decided to use the kettle instead of the WSM. I always put the coals on one side behind bricks and the vent over the food, opposite the fire. Unfortunately, this places my thermometer directly over the coals where it reads 100 degrees hotter than the grate under the food. Next time, it goes next to the vent. Just in case some of you didn't think it through like I didn't.
