I'm smoking my first chicken and the digital thermometer on the unit reads 262 degrees.I dropped 2 seperate long stem thermometers in through the smoke vent and came up with a temp. of 300 degrees.Would this be a bad spot to check the temp,or do you think the 300 is an accurate temp?The thermometer stems were not touching any of the grates or the sides.Is it unusual to have such temp. discrepancies?Thank you.