Interesting display of the “meat shadow” on wireless ambient/internal temp probes (FireBoard Pulse)

[Mosca]

I found this interesting, and maybe others will as well.



The electric oven was set to 350°. I put a Pulse into a meatloaf, and set the alarm for 165°.

Notice how the “shadow” shows the ambient temp, 1” from the meat, at about 75° to start, and then it takes about 20 minutes to get near 300°. The oven itself cycles, but the ambient shows low by about 15° throughout. (My oven cycles +/-15°.)

This is useful information. For example, if you are filling your cooker to the max (this frequently happens on a LBGE) and your ambient probe is right next to, say, a 16 lb brisket; 250° displayed is probably more like 270-275° pit temp!

[RonB]

I never look at Combustion's ambient temp during a cook 'cause I know it's low.

What is interesting is that the temp close to the meat ignored the swings in the oven's temp

[Mosca]

But it did record them, the upper graph is the ambient temp of the oven 1” away from the meat loaf.

[RonB]

I agree. And I think that as long as the bottom of the oven swing is well above the internal temp of the meat, the swing will have no effect on the IT of the meat although it might take a bit longer to reach final temp.

[Mosca]

Ah, I understand what you meant now. 👍🏻