Observations/questions. This is the first item I have smoked where my meat probe was too large to completely insert into the meat(let's stay classy here, lol). I used the maverick because the probe is smaller. There was about 1.5" of probe exposed outside the chop. About 45 minutes in, it was reading 138, and I knew that couldn't be correct, so I just let it go. I did turn heat down from 225 to 200, but about 20 minutes later, the temp was reading around 118. Is that normal as the fat/brine breaks down? Should I get another therm with smaller probes? My wife is pretty picky, so this was a success. Chops were moist and very tasty.