Tryin' to gauge the smokers internal temp.

patohunter

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• May 1, 2008

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I have one digital thermometer, that I use to check the meat, where do I put the one to monitor the internal smoker temperature. Do I just hang it in there? or what? can it be touching the metal rack?

thanks

Patohunter

 

madcityzig

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• May 1, 2008

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Stick it through a potato or a drilled out wood chunk, and you don't want it touching metal.

 

richtee

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• May 1, 2008

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The metal has nothing ELECTRICAL to do with it, you just won't get the air temp at grill level like that. Make sure your probe tip...the last inch and a half...is out the other side of it.

 

richoso1

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You can also push it through a cork and leave the tip exposed as explaned by Richtee, I save my old wine bottle corks for things like that, not that I have many...

 

white cloud

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• May 1, 2008

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And also place it at the same level as the most important meat in the smoker.

 

bassman

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• May 2, 2008

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