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I put a turkey fryer thermometer through one of the screw holes for a rotisserie which put the tip just to the left of middle under the grates. The temp runs hotter there for the 1st half of the smoke. As time goes on they end up the opposite. It is like as the meat gets hotter it allows the smoke temp to increase in the lid area for the smoker.