My Maverick ET-73 Is Being Delivered Today.

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grange

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Jul 31, 2011
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I wanted to get the ET-732, but since I just started smoking I didn't want to spend more on a thermometer than I did on my smoker.
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  From what I've read the ET-73 is still a good thermometer and for less than $34 it is a decent deal.  I figure that when I graduate to a nicer smoker I'll get a better thermometer and by that time there may be a better alternative than the 732.  

So now I've got to find a good rub recipe for a whole chicken because that will be my second smoke.  I need to decide if I'm going to spatchcock the chicken or smoke it whole.
 
Congrats on the new therm. I've been spatchcocking them lately, they cook faster and easier to get rub on the inside. 
 
Just checked the temp. accuracy with boiling water.  Both probes measured 210 degrees F.  I'm anxious to see how far off the thermometer on my smoker is.

I've done the beer can chicken a few times and had good results so now I want to try something different.  I've been leaning toward spatchcock chicken, but I haven't decided.  I am planning on using a simple brine of water salt and some sugar and then a dry rub.
 
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