Pit VS Dome temp variance question

dmchicago

Thermo has been calibrated as of 30 minutes ago. 

Seems like quite a spread. 

lkapigian

In my experience you will see less of a variance after a couple hours and the egg has settled....

dmchicago

Duh. ThThanks for the reminder! Now I remember reading that here before.

Nature Boy

Have found over the last 20 years of EGGing that the difference can be quite large, especially at the start. And the closer that your indirect barrier is to your meat, the less airflow. The less airflow and the more the cold meat affects the surrounding temperatures. As @Ikapigian says, as the meat heats up, the variance decreases. Overall what I have learned from this (and what we always do in our competitions) is that it really makes a lot of sense to start off a little hotter. Happy cookin'! Chris