dvuong, where you said the temp wouldn't get above 185* .... do you know what your shelf temp was?
Smoked a tri-tip last night. Dinner got done a little later than I wanted because the MES just wouldn't come up to the right temp. I was wanting to smoke at 210 but the MES wouldn't get about 185. Anyway, results were still pretty good!
Took meat out of smoker when it got to 128. I allowed it to rest ~30 minutes then threw it on a smoking hot grill for a reverse sear.
I don't pay attention to what the controller temp says, other than what I set it at. The shelf temp wouldn't get over 185*. Towards the end of the smoke, it was dropping down to 175-180*.
dvuong, where you said the temp wouldn't get above 185* .... do you know what your shelf temp was?
The reason I ask is because that is the way my Gen 2.0 did at times in that I could have the controller set at 215* and the controller would read 185* - 195* and never get any higher, but my shelf thermometer would read 225* - 235*, so I learned to always use a shelf thermometer and set the controller for 25* - 30* lower than I wanted the shelf temp to be
Did you try to raise the controller set temperature in order to increase the shelf temperature?
I don't pay attention to what the controller temp says, other than what I set it at. The shelf temp wouldn't get over 185*. Towards the end of the smoke, it was dropping down to 175-180*.
Yep. I originally set to 200, then raised to 210. There was no rise in temp. I guess I could have kept raising, but that kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it? That would mean that's almost 40 degrees difference.
Did you try to raise the controller set temperature in order to increase the shelf temperature?
This looks very, very good. Bet it tasted even better.
Smoked a tri-tip last night. Dinner got done a little later than I wanted because the MES just wouldn't come up to the right temp. I was wanting to smoke at 210 but the MES wouldn't get about 185. Anyway, results were still pretty good!
Took meat out of smoker when it got to 128. I allowed it to rest ~30 minutes then threw it on a smoking hot grill for a reverse sear.