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BGE Fatal Error!

jasonarmstr
jasonarmstr Posts: 5
edited February 2012 in EggHead Forum
I am so bummed!  I made a fatal error with my BGE that I will never do again.

After waking up early this morning to put my first brisket on the BGE, I returned home from church and I realized that I hadn't inserted a thermometer into the brisket. -- I hesitated to open it because it was so nice and stable at about 240F.  Anyway, after about 4 hours of cooking, I opened the BGE and inserted the meat thermometer.  After doing so, the family and I left for day. 

Well, when I came back home after being gone for about 3 hours, the meat thermometer was chirping.  Not something I wanted to hear when I was expecting another 3 - 4 hours of cook time.  Apparently, when I opened up the BGE, the top air flow adjuster must have moved totally opened.  So, for about 3 more hours, my brisket cooked at 550 F! 

It was a hockey puck!  

=((

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