What can be smoked during work?

[mummel]

WOW!

 

[jcollins]

i believe that deserves some 

 

[brickguy221]

 
Smoked a tri-tip last night.  Dinner got done a little later than I wanted because the MES just wouldn't come up to the right temp.  I was wanting to smoke at 210 but the MES wouldn't get about 185.  Anyway, results were still pretty good!

Took meat out of smoker when it got to 128.  I allowed it to rest ~30 minutes then threw it on a smoking hot grill for a reverse sear. 

dvuong, where you said the temp wouldn't get above 185* .... do you know what your shelf temp was?

The reason I ask is because that is the way my Gen 2.0 did at times in that I could have the controller set at 215* and the controller would read 185* - 195* and never get any higher, but my shelf thermometer would read 225* - 235*, so I learned to always use a shelf thermometer and set the controller for 25* - 30* lower than I wanted the shelf temp to be

 

[dvuong]

 
dvuong, where you said the temp wouldn't get above 185* .... do you know what your shelf temp was?

The reason I ask is because that is the way my Gen 2.0 did at times in that I could have the controller set at 215* and the controller would read 185* - 195* and never get any higher, but my shelf thermometer would read 225* - 235*, so I learned to always use a shelf thermometer and set the controller for 25* - 30* lower than I wanted the shelf temp to be

I don't pay attention to what the controller temp says, other than what I set it at.  The shelf temp wouldn't get over 185*.  Towards the end of the smoke, it was dropping down to 175-180*.  

 

[brickguy221]

 
I don't pay attention to what the controller temp says, other than what I set it at.  The shelf temp wouldn't get over 185*.  Towards the end of the smoke, it was dropping down to 175-180*.  

Did you try to raise the controller set temperature in order to increase the shelf temperature?

 

[dvuong]

 
Did you try to raise the controller set temperature in order to increase the shelf temperature?

Yep. I originally set to 200, then raised to 210.  There was no rise in temp.  I guess I could have kept raising, but that kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it?  That would mean that's almost 40 degrees difference.

 

[daricksta]

 
Smoked a tri-tip last night.  Dinner got done a little later than I wanted because the MES just wouldn't come up to the right temp.  I was wanting to smoke at 210 but the MES wouldn't get about 185.  Anyway, results were still pretty good!

Took meat out of smoker when it got to 128.  I allowed it to rest ~30 minutes then threw it on a smoking hot grill for a reverse sear. 

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• dvuong
• Jul 21, 2015

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• dvuong
• Jul 21, 2015

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• dvuong
• Jul 21, 2015

This looks very, very good. Bet it tasted even better.