I thought I read not to put the probes in water, I guess I am mistaken, I will try the boiling water method to verify, thank you. Don't let the part where the cable joins the solid probe get in the water---Only the end of the probe.
I cooked the bacon wrapped chicken that was in one of the newsletters by Jeff and it came out delicious... Bacon was not crispy though, I guess i should of ran the heat a bit higher than the suggested 230 degrees. I'm not into chicken, but it is usually made at a higher temp.
Btw: When do you know to add more wood chips? I had the smoke running 2 hours for the chicken and I only used 1 cup worth of chips. It filled the wood chip holder and never turned to ash as i expected it to so i could not add any more. Were you getting smoke, or were you only getting steam? If it just got black & didn't turn to ash, you might not be getting smoke either. Seeing steam coming out the top can fool the best of us. I quit trying to figure out when to add chips & how many to add. I got an AMNS, and everything got sooo much easier.
Bear