MES Smoker running hot

[elwoodbblues]

I've done 3 smokes so far on my new MES 30.  The last two were chickens and both finished a lot quicker than I was anticipating.  I had the smoker set for 250 and both finished in just under 2 hours.  Concerned, I placed by probe thermometer in the smoker (the smoker thermostat read 249) and the probe read 287.  Any thoughts on how to remedy (or should I just adjust the temperature that I set the unit at accordingly).  Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[smoking b]

Set the temp of your MES according to your probe. My MES runs hotter than the factory therm says also. I just use my ET-732 & go by it to know what the smoker temp is...