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Old 07-20-2010, 12:55 PM   #961
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Default Re: What's in your smoker?

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Due to the larger vents on the 26", you might have to close them down much earlier than that. Thinking that in the 25 minutes, you might have had a large number of coals light off.
Makes sense. I’ll close them down a lot sooner next time and open as necessary.

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Have you checked your lid thermometer for accuracy?
No, I haven’t. If they’re anything like stock hygros, I imagine I’ll have to get a better one.

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I've long suspected that grate temps on these fire-brick modified webers are actually lower than the lid temps and exhaust temps, but I don't have remote probes to verify it with. My lid temp could be reading one number halfway up the lid, but yet my cook times to the point where I hit desired temp as indicated with a pocket thermometer probe and by feel with a fork, point towards a lower grate temp, like 30 degrees less than the $6 universal gauge from home depot tells me.
Makes sense. I figured the grate temp would be less, but just not sure by how much. I’m going to look for a thermo that I can place on the grate.

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