Please read and offer your thoughts...maybe this will help others who are flying blind like I was. I have a Masterbuilt 30" Elec Digital Smoker. I've always "trusted" the temp settings and, honestly, had mixed results. I previously used a meat thermometer only in the meat but recently replaced / upgraded my thermometer with a 4 probe ThermPro. Smoking salmon today and have a probe each in 2 pieces of salmon and 2 probes to measure the air temp...which is the first time I've done this. What a surprise. Set the smoker for 160 and the temp shot straight up to 250. I dialed it down to 145 and the air temp slowly dropped to 155 or so. i thought I'd tweak it up to 150, hoping to maintain around 160 in the smoker. When I did it shot up to 210 before I turned it back down. What I think I'm seeing is that the Masterbuilt smoker is on full bore, or it's off and slowly dropping. Anyone else ever noticed this? I am very comfortable with the meat thermometer readings as they are very close together.
So, do I live with the run up and run down in temps? Any way to steady the temps? Or, is it time to look for a different smoker? If so, what do people recommend? Being able to reliably regulate the temp is important to me. Appreciate any feedback.
So, do I live with the run up and run down in temps? Any way to steady the temps? Or, is it time to look for a different smoker? If so, what do people recommend? Being able to reliably regulate the temp is important to me. Appreciate any feedback.