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Warning: my brisket flat turned into shoe leather after I trusted a new temp probe at a comp in Kansas City

I picked up one of those fancy instant-read thermometers from a vendor at the American Royal last fall and it was reading 10 degrees low the whole time, so my 225-degree cook turned into a 235-degree disaster and now I only use thermoworks gear because that $35 mistake cost me a top 10 finish, has anyone else had a probe fail at the worst possible moment?
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the_jana
the_jana22d ago
One bad cook doesn’t ruin a whole competition run.
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claire_wells87
Curious if you checked that probe against a known temp before throwing it in the smoker? I always test new gear side by side with either my old Thermapen or a cup of ice water. You think calibrating right before the cook wouldve caught that 10 degree difference?
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