Temperature Drop on MiniMax

enderw30

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?

clifkincaid

It's cold meat....you blocked the thermometer. It's still hot! Just cook and check with a fast meat thermometer. 

Mikee

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.

tikigriller

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!

Ozzie_Isaac

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.

Stormbringer

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.