I just purchased a brand new Smokin-It #3 (Analog) over the holidays.
- I did the break in procedure by turning the unit temperature up to 250 degrees for 4 hours with wood in the smoke box.
- After the four hours break in I started to take a look at the internal temperatures.
- I set the knob at 250 degrees.
- I then put a temperature do the whole that the smoke comes out about 6 inches.
- I was getting 304 degrees on my thermometer? Yes I tested it in boiling water and even tried a second thermometer I had with the same outcome.
- FYI during these test the smoker was empty nothing inside at all.
- Now I am afraid to put meat in there. I am wondering maybe something wrong with the unit.
- Does anyone have any experience with unit? And maybe be able to give me some insight on what I should see when it comes to temperature?
- Is there some test or procedure that I can do to test out if this unit is calibrated properly?
- My guess the Smokin-tex, Cookshack and Smokin-it (analog) units should be close to the same?
- Like for instance if the smoker is completely empty and I set the knob at 225 degrees what type of swing should I see? (235 high – 215 low) @ 10 degrees swing?
- I just need some reassurance that this units temperatures are normal and what I should expect from a analog thermostat?