Who do you trust?

[jjowsey69]

Morning! It's Labor Day Brisket Day!!!!!

Question regarding thermometers and temperatures, specifically with an MES. Who do you trust? The temp Spike is off about 50° from the internal thermometer as far as ambient. I know I've asked about swings before depending upon positioning within the smoker, but that's a pretty big difference. Should I trust my internal thermometer to gauge ambient or is the temp Spike generally more accurate? I'd love to know opinions.

Thanks,
Jim

 

[912smoker]

Are you talking about the one that came with the MES vs Temp Spike?
I would still trust the TS and set the MES accordingly. I always use a wired ThermoPro to monitor everything.

Keith

 

[bmudd14474]

I haven't had one thermometers that was built in/came with the unit that I have trusted as they are always off when I test with a control unit.