MES30 acting kinda flaky

[tallbm]

You don't take it much over about 310°, right?

Bear

I take it to 325F on the quick poultry smokes for edible skin. ALSO I put my PID probe in the center of the bottom rack of the smoker so I'm not over 325F anywhere else. I have a hunch that when a stock MES goes to like 285F on it's temp swings when set at 275F that the bottom of the smoker below the stock MES temp probe probably gets 310F or higher.

So that is how I do my 325F poultry smokes. Other than those quick smokes I don't exceed 276F. I do 276F because it averages perfectly between 274.5 and 276.5 to be right on 275F lol

 

[tallbm]

I take it to 325F on the quick poultry smokes for edible skin. ALSO I put my PID probe in the center of the bottom rack of the smoker so I'm not over 325F anywhere else. I have a hunch that when a stock MES goes to like 285F on it's temp swings when set at 275F that the bottom of the smoker below the stock MES temp probe probably gets 310F or higher.

So that is how I do my 325F poultry smokes. Other than those quick smokes I don't exceed 276F. I do 276F because it averages perfectly between 274.5 and 276.5 to be right on 275F lol

Oh and I put in a higher safety rollout limit switch so I could do the 325F poultry smokes. I wanted to makes sure I wasn't tripping the safety switch on those smokes :)

 

[Bearcarver]

I take it to 325F on the quick poultry smokes for edible skin. ALSO I put my PID probe in the center of the bottom rack of the smoker so I'm not over 325F anywhere else. I have a hunch that when a stock MES goes to like 285F on it's temp swings when set at 275F that the bottom of the smoker below the stock MES temp probe probably gets 310F or higher.

So that is how I do my 325F poultry smokes. Other than those quick smokes I don't exceed 276F. I do 276F because it averages perfectly between 274.5 and 276.5 to be right on 275F lol

That sounds Good!
I think the one bad controller I had let me get to a brief peak of about 340°. Then the insulation began to smolder & make crinkling noises between the walls of the smoker. The crinkling sounds stopped when the Temp got back down below 275°. They sent me a new controller, and after we swapped them out, it never happened again.

Bear

 

[tallbm]

That sounds Good!
I think the one bad controller I had let me get to a brief peak of about 340°. Then the insulation began to smolder & make crinkling noises between the walls of the smoker. The crinkling sounds stopped when the Temp got back down below 275°. They sent me a new controller, and after we swapped them out, it never happened again.

Bear

Yeah I try not to push it too hard for too long. The 325F is just for edible chicken and turkey skin. It works out well for me and I don't think it over taxes the insulation, time will tell if I"m wearing it down though :)