Egg temp during cook Question?

Did you calibrate either or both of the thermometers before doing your Eggxperiment? It is likely that one of them is off.

To calibrate, boil some water and put the thermometer in. The boiling water should read 212 Fahrenheit (adjusted for altitude). If it doesn't, you need to adjust the thermometer until it does. For the dial thermometer that comes with the Egg, you do this by using a wrench to turn the nut on the back of the dial.

Hope this helps,

-John

It is probably a calibration issue, but here's another radical possibility. One time, I was cooking something big (like your turkey). During the cook, I noticed that the dome temp wasn't where I thought it should be. Since I had calibrated recently, I was perplexed.

Finally it came to me: because of the size/height of the meat, the dome thermometer was actually sticking INTO the meat! :laugh: That, my friend, will screw up your plans.

Is that a possibility?

Very true, that why you rotate the clip so it is down and it won't stick into the meat then.

APDHARLEY, Here are some pic's on how I calibrated my BGE dome probe. Tim

Hope this helps.

In this pic I have the dome probe in the clip being sure the probe tip is not touching the pan. I know water boils at around 212° depending on the elevation where you live. While I did this I checked it with my thermapen.



If I need to change the BGE dome thermometer I simply use a 7/16 wrench then recheck. The thermapen comes perfectly calibrated no need to change. My elevation is 967 feet above sea level and water boils at 210°.



While I was at it I also checked my CyberQ II and my Maverick ET-73

While I can change the calibration of the CyberQ II I left it alone because it was fine.

You can not recalibrate the ET-73 it comes calibrated but, it may be off some what just make a mental note. I did check the pit probes as well as the meat probes. I don't know if it makes a difference but, I still checked them.







One last thing here is a pic of my ride.

The presence of large roasting pans, chunks of meat, etc. in the egg significantly reduces the air flow and therefore the temperature. I'm pretty sure you were cooking at 320 but removing the turkey allowed much better air flow and so bumped the temperature up.

Try an experiment some time. Get the egg temp stabilized and then just stick an empty roasting pan in and see what the temperature does. Then remove it and check again.