Thermometer

metaluno67

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Dec 31, 2012

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• Jan 15, 2013

• #1

When you guys use them do you have one for cabinet temp and one stuck into meat to watch IT temp? Also do you drill a hole in the cabinet to run the leads into. Let me know which has been the best for either application.
I know I could search but I'm lazy. LOL

 

jarjarchef

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• Jan 15, 2013

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Yes One for meat and one for cabinet.

There are many different mods I have seen used for the probes going into the cabinet. I unfortunately have several air gaps and run the probes through one of those........

 

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goingcamping

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• Jan 15, 2013

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I use the maverick ET73 it comes with both a meat thermometer and a grill thermometer. It has a sending unit that the 2 probes attach too and a receiver that displays both. It has alarms for high/low temps, timers etc...It's a nice thermometer, for the money. I've used 3 times, twice on my elk jerky and once on 2 sets of baby backs, so far I've had zero issues.

I ordered mine from amazon.com and there are good reviews on there! There are a few quirks that make setting it up a little funky, but it works as advertised. Read the reviews.

As far as drilling a hole, my NB smoker has two metal plugs (1/4") right below the handle on the body portion of the smoker, I pop one out and the 2 probes easily poke right thru. I would assume one could drill a hole or two, use plugs when you don't need the probes? I know our local Ace hardware has a plethora of metal plugs of various sizes!

~Brett
 

 

s2k9k

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• Jan 15, 2013

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I also use a Mav ET-73 and have for almost over a year now and the only issue I have had is the batteries went dead...once! It's very accurate and has really made smoking easier being able to monitor temps from inside the house. I would really like to have a ET-732 because of the longer range but as long as this one keeps going I just can't justify it.

I drilled some small holes in the side of my smoker and just run the probes in through there.

 

metaluno67

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• Jan 15, 2013

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Thanks seems like most use the brand you both described.

 

expat smoker

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Not trying to hijack this thread, but after having bad luck with my new digital oven and meat thermometer, I decided to return to old fashioned analog and bought a simple meat thermometer with a narrow probe and was wondering if that could be used to measure oven temps if I simply drilled a small hole in the lid of my smoker and placed the probe inside, near where the meat sits, while I can read the temp outside?? any comments??
 

 

JckDanls 07

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• Jan 15, 2013

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metaluno67 said:

Thanks seems like most use the brand you both described.

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I have both the ET-73 and the ET-732... The new improved 732 is far better than the old 73... If your gonna buy one I would go with the ET-732...Yes It's a few dollars more but the improvements are with the extra money...

 

sqwib

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For my gosm I run all the probes through the top vent.
For my stickburner, i drilled 3 holes.
I sometimes use 6 or 7 thermos plus my thermapen

 

sqwib

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expat smoker said:

Not trying to hijack this thread, but after having bad luck with my new digital oven and meat thermometer, I decided to return to old fashioned analog and bought a simple meat thermometer with a narrow probe and was wondering if that could be used to measure oven temps if I simply drilled a small hole in the lid of my smoker and placed the probe inside, near where the meat sits, while I can read the temp outside?? any comments??

 

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You could but I wouldn't..
I would invest in a decent thermo

 

Last edited: Jan 15, 2013