When to put probes in?


 
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Todd C

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Hi all!

First time posting on the forum! When do you all put you meat/pit probes in? I smoked a pork loin yesterday and made a big mistake of getting the WSM fired up with wood and got smoked out putting the probes in!

Thank you!
 
I put my pit and food probes for my Stoker in before I start the fire...once I have the probes in the smoker, I take the middle body off, set it aside, and start the fire...then I take and put it all back together and when it gets up to temp, I put the food on and stick the food probe in the meat...easy peasy
 
I get the probes ready before even putting the meat on. I clip the pit temp probe to the grate and let the meat temp probe just hang out on the grate. Light the chimney, once ready, lit the pit, assemble the smoker and wait until it comes up to temp. I then put the food on and put the meat probe in the food. The only downside is I have to set my Maverick meat temp probe to a high temp since it will just be catching the pit temp until I put the food on. I lower the Mav meat temp setting down to the temp I am shooting for. Forgot that once I have the meat on and probe in, after putting lid on, I then add wood through the door so as to prevent me from being smoked out while putting the meat on.

Dave
 
It may sound silly and I know I look silly but I've been known to put on a pair of safety goggles after the fire is up to temp and putting the meat probes in. :cool:
 
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