- Aug 9, 2012
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Hello all,
Just started usingy maverick et732 I bought in July. I tested both probes in boiling water, bbq probe was dead on, meat probe about 8 degrees high. Figures no big deal if add right degrees to target temp. I'm doing a pork butts on the WSM today, it was sitting at 173 (figured this was the stall) all of a sudden it was at 199 and then 205. New this couldn't be right so grabbed my old meat thermo and it read 158.
I took both the maverick probes out of smoker and tried them again in boiling water, this time the meat probe read 240. Not trusting it I put the bbq probe in the meat. Then realizing this smoke will be heading into early am I wanted bbq probe back in case smoker goes out or something. Tested meat probe and came back to 220 in boiling water. Put back in meat and it keeps jumping from 172 to 195 and then back.
Any ideas on what's going on? Thanks for the help
Edit: development, now reading 230 steady and it was at 173 less than 15 minutes ago. No part of the probe is touching metal and it is centered in the pork butts not near the bone. To confirm it is no longer dropping temp but staying at the false high temp
Just started usingy maverick et732 I bought in July. I tested both probes in boiling water, bbq probe was dead on, meat probe about 8 degrees high. Figures no big deal if add right degrees to target temp. I'm doing a pork butts on the WSM today, it was sitting at 173 (figured this was the stall) all of a sudden it was at 199 and then 205. New this couldn't be right so grabbed my old meat thermo and it read 158.
I took both the maverick probes out of smoker and tried them again in boiling water, this time the meat probe read 240. Not trusting it I put the bbq probe in the meat. Then realizing this smoke will be heading into early am I wanted bbq probe back in case smoker goes out or something. Tested meat probe and came back to 220 in boiling water. Put back in meat and it keeps jumping from 172 to 195 and then back.
Any ideas on what's going on? Thanks for the help
Edit: development, now reading 230 steady and it was at 173 less than 15 minutes ago. No part of the probe is touching metal and it is centered in the pork butts not near the bone. To confirm it is no longer dropping temp but staying at the false high temp
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