Silly Question

[mls]

This is a silly question but here goes. On a remote meat thermometer does the entire probe read the temp or just the tip. The reason I ask is because tomorrow when I do my briskets I am going to wrap them in TF at about 180* then take them up to 205* before I pull them. When I put them back in, I plan on pushing the probe through the tin foil into the meat. If the foil touches the sides of the probe, will it throw off the reading? Remember, I'm a newby just tryin' to learn so don't laugh.

Mike S.

 

[vulcan75001]

Should be just the tip...What brand of thermo do you have??

 

[mls]

It is a Maverick E-7 (I think) It has two probes for 2 different meats, a timer and a remote. Cost me about 30 bucks on Ebay.

 

[richtee]

Sink it into the thick end of the meat at least an inch or two. Don't sweat the foil.

 

[vulcan75001]

I use the ET73....one probe is for the smoker temp, and the other one is for the meat temp... still it should be only the tip...

 

[deejaydebi]

Mike that's not a silly question. What is silly is the folks that make those darn things don't tell you that in the instruction sheet!