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RajunCajun
RajunCajun Posts: 1,061
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Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there.  I've got 4 racks of ribs on my large today and my guru is set and holding at 240 degrees....setup is indirect.  My smokeware thermos is telling me ~150 degrees.  The delta wasn't quite as large earlier in the cook....probably about 50 degrees.


Any ideas?
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 37,195
    Do you have confidence that both are accurate?  The key is to believe your indication(s) but only when you can trust them.  All calibrated?   I only run with the dome thermo (that I check the calibration of before any L&S cook).  If you still have your OEM BGE thermo, toss it in some boiling weather-note the reading and replace the Smokeware and see what you get.  Beyond that...
    Too many instruments can cause information overload.  
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,479
    edited May 2017
    With 4 racks in a large egg its a little crowded and the dome thermometer that far off from the Guru my bet is your dome thermometer probe has impaled the cold ribs! Another good reason to remove that spring clip on the back and throw it in the trash! That way you can pull it out, close the dome and carefully push the thermometer back in sensing if it meets an obstruction. Gravity will keep the thermometer in place.
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  • RajunCajun
    RajunCajun Posts: 1,061
    Thanks guys!  I trust my guru probe more than I trust the Smokeware thermos.  RRP, I did look to make sure that the probe has not impaled the ribs.  Doesn't appear to have done so.  I will check the cals later this week and update you guys.

    Thanks again
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