Temp comparisons:
You know, we’ve always been told to cook this type of meant at that kind of temperature, and for a loooooong time, all we had to go on was that little thermometer in the lid of our kettle. Accurate or not, it was all we had.
Well, I’ve often wondered how different the temps were between the little thermometer on the kettle lid and what it was on the grate. So on my last cook, I installed one probe on a bracket just under the lid’s handle and put another one on the cooking grate.
Below is a breakdown of the temps recorded in those locations. Keep in mind that I was trying to maintain between 225º - 250º for this particular cook.
As you can see, after an initial spike, it was fairly consistent with the staying right at 70% or, or about 100º below, the dome.
Of course, one of my objectives was to see if there was a steady relationship so that I could have a consistent location for my grill probe.
What do you think?
BD