Well, I did my first smoke on a new MES 30" with a window (end of season sale). I am learning about the MES and I don't know if others have the same issues.
The good news is that the temp seems VERY stable, good smoke production, and easy to clean.
My only concern is that I don't trust the temps. When I seasoned it, I put a potato in it with the meat probe and my Maverick probe in it and they were between 10 and 20 degrees different.
Today when I smoked a London Broil, I used my dual sensor Maverick (that I re-calibrated today and seems very accurate (at least at 212 degrees and at 32 degrees), both probes were always within 1 degree. I'll post that cook later.
When cooking today (and when I seasoned it), I don't know exactly what is measured. If I set the temp at 225, I'm measuring about 240 or a little higher in the cooking chamber. The meat probes were almost exactly 5 degrees different throughout the entire smoke, very consistent.
What have you guys seen? It seems pretty consistent so I can work with it but the smoking chamber temps doesn't seem to match the actual temp. I can deal with it because the Maverick lets me know what is going on.
Thanks for any advice,
Scott
The good news is that the temp seems VERY stable, good smoke production, and easy to clean.
My only concern is that I don't trust the temps. When I seasoned it, I put a potato in it with the meat probe and my Maverick probe in it and they were between 10 and 20 degrees different.
Today when I smoked a London Broil, I used my dual sensor Maverick (that I re-calibrated today and seems very accurate (at least at 212 degrees and at 32 degrees), both probes were always within 1 degree. I'll post that cook later.
When cooking today (and when I seasoned it), I don't know exactly what is measured. If I set the temp at 225, I'm measuring about 240 or a little higher in the cooking chamber. The meat probes were almost exactly 5 degrees different throughout the entire smoke, very consistent.
What have you guys seen? It seems pretty consistent so I can work with it but the smoking chamber temps doesn't seem to match the actual temp. I can deal with it because the Maverick lets me know what is going on.
Thanks for any advice,
Scott