- Jan 21, 2012
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Due to travel/family spread out, we are doing Thanksgiving today. I put a 22lb turkey in the smoker this morning at 4:30am (Masterbuilt says it should be 30min/lb at 225F).I went out after 3 hours and checked the meat probe and it said it was 180F. What the hell??? I turned the temp down to 180 and have it still in, dinner isn't planned until 5pm. Is it possible my sensor is bad??? Should I open the smoker and do a check on the temp with a different thermometer? I don't want a dried out bird later. (p.s. this is about my 5th bird I've smoked in this smoker and have had them finish early, like 1-1 1/2 hours early, before)