got a qustion on temp

[bradsbbq]

Hello i have a wsm smoker and just wondering is the grill grate hotter than the top of dome were it reads the temp?

Thanks

 

[flash]

Hot air rises. Atleast that is what I was taught in school. Close to the flame is even hotter though. The middle area usually is lower, atleast on my Vertical GOSM model.  Get one of those metal oven temp gauges you see at Wal-mart. You can hang them from the grate or sit them on it.

 

[yoni63]

Hello i have a wsm smoker and just wondering is the grill grate hotter than the top of dome were it reads the temp?

Thanks

Brad, Flash is spot on, and their cheap too, but if you want more accuracy, they actually make one that is flat and lays on the cooking surface.  I use two like Flash suggested, but I use them to cross check all of my other gauges as well.  They all read differently of course because they are in different locations on the smoker.  I'm thinking from what I've read and been told, if you can grab up one of those Mavericks, it seems to be the way to go.  Gives you both your surface temp and internal meat temp (using two probes) without having to open the door to the smoker.