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When i bought mine I was under the same impression. You would think it would be more like a rheostat that would just have a +-3 degree setpoint that kicked the auger on or off. It seems that Traeger pulled an epic fail on that design issue. Hopefully they listen to their customers and do some...
I was under the impression when i bought mine that I was buying the "top of the line" smoker. Sounds like temp control is one of their biggest problems.
Same problem for me, I have the 75 lil tex. Usually run it on the 225 setting and temps can run anywhere from 180'-270'. Close to 100' difference is unacceptable. I called the manufacture and they told me about the setting adjustments but it didn't help at all. Luckily I bought mine from...
Yes that can go in the oven. Put it on the opposite side as the bone, in the thickest part about 3 1/2 inches or so. Good luck. you can see others pictures of pork butt with the probes in there to see about how far to stick in.
The reason you wouldn't want to do them that way is because we dehydrate things (beef jerky, ect.) at 150-160. If you do your ribs at 180 for a longer period of time they don't get up to that "cooking temp" and would just yield dry and unfavorable ribs. People have been experimenting for years...
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