Just seasoned my new 2012 MES 40. Seems like it went ok except for the temps. I know to expect differences between the unit probe and my Mav. 732 but wow, they seem to be all over the place. When I began the heat up I set it to 275* for 3 hrs. Heated up real fast and in less than 30 min.temp just kept rising until unit read 295* and Mav. read 306*!! MB remote said 275* Heating. At 30 min. unit read 285* and Mav. read 282*. Unit stopped heating for a while until unit would hit 271*, Mav. 268* and element would turn on until unit would read about 277*, Mav. 284*. Element would shut off but heat would still increase to about 288*. Sometimes the Mav. would read higher than unit, sometimes lower. Mav. probe placement was 2nd rack down, slightly left of middle. Mav. probe was ok when I tested with boiling water. Also, seems like the chip pan works pretty well in this unit (at least at high temps). Started with just 4-5 dry chips and gave very light TBS within a couple min. 15 min. later I added a palmful of soaked chips and it wasn't long before I had beautiful TBS coming out which lasted almost an hour. I'll still be using my AMNPS though.
I guess my question is...is it normal on initial heat up to get that high and then fall back? The only thing I could think of why it would do that is to compensate for initial door opening to place meat inside. Sorry if I'm rambling....
I guess my question is...is it normal on initial heat up to get that high and then fall back? The only thing I could think of why it would do that is to compensate for initial door opening to place meat inside. Sorry if I'm rambling....
