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Help with my new Maverick

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Pjoe
Pjoe Posts: 224
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I just got a new Maverick 732. I am planning an overnight pork butt cook next weekend and need to confirm that the temp on the grid probe should be around 225*? I have two 9 lb butts.
TIA
Bill
LBGE AR SMALL BGE WOO RING
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  • Edemitch
    Edemitch Posts: 196
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    250 will be easier to hold and won't make a difference to your cook
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  • Oblio
    Oblio Posts: 53
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    I shoot for 235 during the day, 245 at night. I've had to many 225 nights where the fire died. I'll also do a manual ramp mode @ 250 until internal gets to about 150 if I'm in a hurry.
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  • eggsrgreat
    eggsrgreat Posts: 86
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    Yep, 240 to 250's the spot. Like they said, easier to keep the fire going.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    forget the grid temp. clip the mav probe to the dome thermometer probe and set the mav at 250°. supposedly, 250 dome ≈ 225 grid, but I can't say for sure since I've never measured it - never cared what grid temp is.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • transversal
    transversal Posts: 719
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    Mike, how do you clip the grid temp probe to the dome therm Stem?? I'd like to try it, but dont know how you'd do it.
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  • PhilsGrill
    PhilsGrill Posts: 2,256
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    Since you really have no control over the grid temp just set the dome to 250 like everyone and cook away.
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  • Capt Frank
    Capt Frank Posts: 2,578
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    I don't mean to jump in on Michael, but you can just remove your Dome thermometer and stick the grid probe through the hole. What I often do is stick the grid probe down through one of the butterfly holes in the DFMT. Either way, it will hang there OK :)
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  • snake701uk
    snake701uk Posts: 187
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    I agree! Grid temp in most cooks is not important.
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  • Pjoe
    Pjoe Posts: 224
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    Thanks everyone. Makes sense. I guess i was hung up on the name "grate probe".
    Bill
    LBGE AR SMALL BGE WOO RING
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