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(Help) Maintaining Temperature!

younglifeguy
younglifeguy Posts: 8
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
I am in the process of using my egg for the 2nd time and I am having a really difficult time maintaining temperature. Currently, I'm trying to keep at 350 and working on my Turkey (Mad Max)

Any tips on this would be awesome! Thanksgiving is counting on you!
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  • DMurf
    DMurf Posts: 481
    Don't rush the temp. Did you stabilize your temp before you put the bird in? Are you low or high? How is the wind in your area, I have chased the temp all over the place on a windy day?

    When you put your turkey on the temp will drop keep your settings it will come back to 350. If you over shot your temp shut down the airflow a little more and let the temp come down. I had the same problem the first time I cooked a whole turkey and found that patience is the victor.
    David
    BBQ since 2010 - Oh my, what I was missing.
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  • younglifeguy
    younglifeguy Posts: 8
    I'm high and low. Right now high. I am trying to be patient before putting on the bird. Wind is low where we are at.

    Thanks!

    Troy
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  • younglifeguy
    younglifeguy Posts: 8
    Will shutting both hampers kill the fire all together? That certainly lowers things a bit.
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  • Capt Frank
    Capt Frank Posts: 2,578
    It takes time to bring it down, be patient.
    If you are not real high and are ready to cook you should be able to put your bird in, which will drop the temp considerably. Then close your vents to where you think they should be and watch carefully. It will take awhile. Resist the temptation to open the dome, that screws up your temps more than anything.
    Good luck! B)
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    The trick is to make small adjustments. If you are currently running high then just close down the top and bottom vents just a little. Note that it takes a while before the temperature will drop. The mistake I made early on was that I would close it a little...no change...close it more...no change...close it more...10 minutes later the temp was 100 degrees cooler :).

    Close it down a little...walk away and come back in 10 minutes ;).

    Don't worry about it too much. If it is 25 deg one way or the other no biggie.

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • ResQue
    ResQue Posts: 1,045
    Quick answer is yes, if left closed for too long. When I am high(temps), I have had success in using a spray bottle with water. Just spray a little on the coals(like one or two pumps) the steam created will put some of the coals out but not all. Good luck.
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  • younglifeguy
    younglifeguy Posts: 8
    Thanks for the help folks. We'll do out best and let you know how it turns out.

    Excited to join this community.

    Troy
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  • younglifeguy
    younglifeguy Posts: 8
    I've stabilized a bit. It took about an hour to get here and we'll see how it holds. Just dropped the turkey.

    Appreciate this new community!

    Troy
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