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Temperature Drop on MiniMax

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enderw30
enderw30 Posts: 58
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I cooked a 18 oz rib-eye tonight on my MiniMax. I brought the egg up to 600 but as soon as I put on the steak it dropped to 500 and didn't raise back above 525 the rest of the cook. Is there a way to prevent this drop in temperature? Or is this just to be expected due to the size of the minimax?
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  • clifkincaid
    clifkincaid Posts: 572
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    It's cold meat....you blocked the thermometer. It's still hot! Just cook and check with a fast meat thermometer. 
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  • Mikee
    Mikee Posts: 892
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    Dome Temp and grate temp are not one in the same. A bed of hot lump just below the grate is what the steak will be cooking at. A 3/4" to 1" steak on the mini will cook in about 3 minutes when the lump is glowing.
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  • tikigriller
    tikigriller Posts: 1,389
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    The more I read and see comments, the more it is becoming apparent that the Mini is a different cooking experience all together and it sounds like a fun one!
    Just bought an Egg?  Here is what you get to look forward to now:

    Plate Setter, FlameBoss 200, Spider, PSWOO-CI, Additional Rig Shelf for dome cooking, Thermapen, iGrill2, Cast Iron, Blackstone, Cooking Accessories for the Blackstone, Cover for the Egg and the Blackstone, shopping for Rub like a fine wine or IPA, and a new fascination with lump and what brand is the best-all to be debated every Friday Night.  Next desires-Joetisceriie, Adjustable Rig, Grillmates, table and more eggs

    Livermore, California
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,085
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    XL is an easy rig to run, the medium takes a bit more attention but not bad, The MM is a difficult egg to run.  You really need to have egg mojo.  The KAB helps a bunch.
    A bison’s level of aggressiveness, both physical and passive, is legendary. - NPS
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  • Stormbringer
    Stormbringer Posts: 2,082
    edited November 2016
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    You could do this to raise the temp gauge in the MM dome and prevent the blocking that @clifkincaid was talking about:



    That's about 2/3rds of a cork. It's important to have the little groove halfway up the temp gauge inside the Egg. You can lose the metal clip inside, it's not needed.
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