Careful where you put that thing!

OhioEgger

Cooked a rib roast in the Egg today and had two probes in it. One from the Smobot that was controlling the Egg, and one from a Smoke, stuck in from the other end, just for the hell of it.
The Smobot probe was reading almost ten degrees higher than the Smoke, which sorta concerned me. I stuck in my Thermapen, the ultimate standard, as a tiebreaker, and it agreed with the Smoke, so I went with that.

Afterward, I calibrated the two probes with boiling water, and they agreed perfectly. So even though I thought I had placed both probe tips in the exact center, obviously I hadn't.

Just a cautionary tale, FWIW.

JohnInCarolina

You’re saying a man should be careful where he puts his probe?  Do I have that right?

Merry Christmas man!

Langner91

A wise man once said, "A man with one watch always knows what time it is.  A man with two watches is never sure!"

The same can be said for thermometers, I guess.

GrateEggspectations

“Careful where you put that thing” was my nickname in high school. (Sorry; couldn’t resist. It’s Saturday, and Christmas at that.)

Merry Christmas to you all. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Probe placement is critical. If you get it in a fat pocket it will read different than in meat too.  I use the probe for rough temp, use thermapen for final temp.

Legume

Langner91 said:

A wise man once said, "A man with one watch always knows what time it is.  A man with two watches is never sure!"

The same can be said for thermometers, I guess.

Never let your spouse run gps on her phone while you’re using your car gps.  No good comes from this, only lots of second guessing and U turns.

Photo Egg

Legume said:

Langner91 said:

A wise man once said, "A man with one watch always knows what time it is.  A man with two watches is never sure!"

The same can be said for thermometers, I guess.

Never let your spouse run gps on her phone while you’re using your car gps.  No good comes from this, only lots of second guessing and U turns.

No truer words ever spoken!