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Thermometer

Goose4u
Goose4u Posts: 22
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Cooking steak tonight. Got egg to 750F. Put on daisy wheel to cool temp to 600F. Darn thing went to 200F. Coals were rolling

thermometer must be wacko. It jumped back to 500 but then fell again to 300F with all vents wide open. Flames shooting

i am going to get a new thermometer tomorrow. 2 years old. Could it be built up with creosol?
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  • johnkitchens
    johnkitchens Posts: 5,234
    Have you calibrated it lately? 

    Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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  • Scottborasjr
    Scottborasjr Posts: 3,494
    Yeah, I agree with @johnkitchens I'd at least clean it and test it in boiling water before giving up on it.  If you put it in boiling water and can't twist the nut on the back of the thermometer to get you reading close to 212* for a consistent amount of time you probably need a new one. 
    I raise my kids, cook and golf.  When work gets in the way I'm pissed, I'm pissed off 48 weeks a year.
    Inbetween Iowa and Colorado, not close to anything remotely entertaining outside of football season. 
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  • johnkitchens
    johnkitchens Posts: 5,234
    I test mine in boiling, or close to it, water with my Thermapen. I have two larges, and I will test them both at the same time. 

    Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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  • luckyboy
    luckyboy Posts: 284
    If you end up having to replace it, they sell a 3in green egg thermometer and calibrated just like the original small one, I bought one today.
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,836
    edited March 2015
    I'm willing to bet when you were seeing 200* and then 300* you had actually wrapped the thermometer around and were running nuclear.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • Begger
    Begger Posts: 607
    The Nice folks where I bought my egg told me that was possible.  My neighbor wants to get a fan and try turning my XL into a help for his forging of iron.   Not while I'm still alive.    
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