Temperature of cook


 
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andrew_l

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I did some ribs yesterday - trying to aim for 250 at dome. Measured with a therm through the vents stuck in a cork. Used lump, with the brinkman pan.

I found it hard to get the therm to read above 245, and after three hours had to refill the brinkman pan (??). Ribs cooked to dryness after 3.5 hours and water in pan boiling vigorously.

Does this suggest that the temp was actually well in excess of what the therm was telling me?

Also put I lb of sausages on after removing ribs and they were cooked to very well done in about 1.5 hours.

Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks. Andrew
 
With the water going that quickly it sure seems like your temps were very high at the grate. Ribs dried at 3.5? Have you checked your therm for accuracy? What kind are you using?
 
No, not confusing F with C!! It's an IKEA bi - metal therm - the sort with an analogue dial and a probe. It seemed OK the first couple fo runs, but the last two things I've cooked have come out v. dry and too quickly.

Therm error?
 
If you want to see if you have a thermometer error (nobody on the board will be able to tell you if you do, unless you test it) just stick the probe end into boiling water. It should register about 212 degrees (100 degrees c).
 
Well, tested the thermometer in boiling water today. Water boiled vigorously - apparently at 190 F!!! So when it managed to read 250 on the WWSM, it must have been considerably higher. No wonder the Brinkman pan was running dry after 3 hours!

New thermometer on the way...
 
Hi Andrew. Did you find a decent therm? I got a raesonable frying therm from UK therm link Which seems to do the trick, though I'd much rather have one with both F and C on to stop having to do the conversion
 
James, thanks for that. I got a digital electric thing which does the trick, but the batteries run out over a long-ish cook, so it is a case of just poking it through the vent occasionally and switching on to see what the temp is doing. The one you've found is MUCH better - I shall order one!!

Andrew
 
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