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Dome Thermometer Calibration

BoroEgger25
BoroEgger25 Posts: 1
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I've had the egg for about a year now, but first post.  How often do you all calibrate your Dome Thermometer?  Dipping in boiling water the best way?  Thanks
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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
    Boiling water is the best way that I have found.  I do it when I feel like something is "off".  Ultimately I would say it depends on how often you go nuclear as that can stress the dial.
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    I don't do it very often, or with any regularity. Some folks do it twice a year when they reset their clocks for DST.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 35,028
    i will calibrate it for an overnight low and slow
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 37,860
    I calibrate before every L&S unless just performed within the past few weeks.  BTW- the BGE tel-tru thermos are quite reliable.  I think I have adjusted out around a 10*F off-set on one of the thermos one time.  
    But the key to knowing how the cook is progressing is to trust your indication(s).  FWIW-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Nature Boy
    Nature Boy Posts: 8,687
    edited March 2018
    We calibrate every time we compete since there is so much at stake. But a good way to go about it is calibrate it whenever you begin to have any doubts about its accuracy. Also not a bad idea to calibrate if you wrap it all the way around and it starts coming up the other side because it is at 1000 degrees :)

    Happy cookin' ! Chris
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  • hoosier_egger
    hoosier_egger Posts: 6,876
    I tend to do mine a couple times a year. 100*C is the easiest for me. 
    ~ John - Formerly known as ColtsFan  - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
    XL BGE, LG BGE, Med BGE, BGE Chiminea, Ardore Pizza Oven
    Bloomington, IN - Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers!

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