cpfitness
Fire Starter
- May 5, 2013
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We are under way with the first smoke! A couple of observations. The brinkman thermos I installed on the door are not accurate and I think its because the probes are too short. Anyone know anything about this? They are probably only about 2 inches long. I tested them in boiling water along with my digital thermos and they all were on target but in use they are reading really low. I went to my digitals at grate level instead and found the mods to be working well. 230 degrees on the far left side and 227 degrees dead center. The far right was about 270 so def a bit hotter but perfect for doing chicken on that side. Incidentally with my configuration, the stock thermo reading almost perfectly coincides with the firebox side reading. I have a baffle and just 2 tuning plates.
Here are pics of the digi readings next to the brinkmann thermos.
Left side digi 208 vs brinkmann 160
Right side 234 vs brinkmann 205
Stock therm reading 230 vs firebox digi 235
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Here are pics of the digi readings next to the brinkmann thermos.
Left side digi 208 vs brinkmann 160
Right side 234 vs brinkmann 205
Stock therm reading 230 vs firebox digi 235
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