Today we decided to try out the grill so we cooked up a little bit of everything.
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Wings, a little skirt steak, a little bit of eye round, some shrimp and salmon for my wife and son (I'm not a seafood lover), a baked potato, and a couple of peppers and onions.
We cooked it all over Stubbs charcoal with some mesquite smoker chips soaked in red wine.
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It all tasted great. I am happy with the kettle purchase and I see that it is easy to control the temperature in this unit.
I did go and drill a hole in the top to add a thermometer as I like to know what is going on in the kettle without opening the lid. It's probably not accurate, but at least I can tell if it's gaining or losing temperature.
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Tomorrow we are cooking a 5 lb. pork butt in the kettle. I'm planning on an 8 hour cook at around 250F.
Great lookin' Cookup !!!!
....and the youngster's saying: "Is that ALL you GOT?"
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Great looking cook.
I use my thermo's on the top on the performers. I have been able to reliably guesstimate what grate temperature is with what my dome temperature is. I did this by using a thermo on the grate, and looked at the differences in temps between the grate thermo and dome thermo's during different cooks and different temps. After a while you can do the same.
That's what I was thinking. Can I use a standard oven thermometer to get the grate temperature, or would it be too hot?
Quote from: Alvin129 on July 12, 2014, 06:02:43 PM
That's what I was thinking. Can I use a standard oven thermometer to get the grate temperature, or would it be too hot?
That will work fine. It might get a little black after a few cooks though. But you can wash it off without any issue.
Quote from: Alvin129 on July 12, 2014, 06:02:43 PM
That's what I was thinking. Can I use a standard oven thermometer to get the grate temperature, or would it be too hot?
All Day Long...........................
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Most of them go to 550 or 600f, good enough for anything but very hi-heat pizzas...............
A lot of people use the Maverick or similar that has a temp probe for the grate & one for the food.....me, I'd get tangled up in the wires............................ :o
See also this article from a bit ago on the main page:
http://weberkettleclub.com/blog/2014/05/16/wkc-guide-to-bbq-grill-thermometers/
Beautiful varieties of cook. Looks yummy. I see future grill master of pic number 3.