A little background first – When I first found out about Thermoworks I contacted them to see if there was a probe that could go through hole that the bimetal thermometer was in on my Big Green Egg. (Most of the probes were just a little too large) They did have one, so I replaced it with the ThermaQ digital thermometer. I also rotated the lid around so the thermocouple wire was at the back and out of the way. Later I added a DigiQ temperature controller and clipped the probe to the ThermaQ probe inside the lid.
After joining the Pit Forum and people were taking about dome temperature vs grate temperature I became curious as to how much difference there is in my BGE. My thinking was with the kamado style grille the temperature should be fairly even throughout.
Thanksgiving day cook and test. On the left, my DigiQ set to 350F with the probe moved to the grate level. Center my new Smoke with the probe at grate level about 2†from the other probe. And on the right the ThermaQ with the probe in the original position in the dome. As you can see the grate temperature and dome temperature are within 1 degree of each other, although the DigiQ registered a slightly higher temperature. This picture was taken about 2 hours into the cook, by the end of the cook all three were actually within 2 degrees of each other. 149 – 151.
After joining the Pit Forum and people were taking about dome temperature vs grate temperature I became curious as to how much difference there is in my BGE. My thinking was with the kamado style grille the temperature should be fairly even throughout.
Thanksgiving day cook and test. On the left, my DigiQ set to 350F with the probe moved to the grate level. Center my new Smoke with the probe at grate level about 2†from the other probe. And on the right the ThermaQ with the probe in the original position in the dome. As you can see the grate temperature and dome temperature are within 1 degree of each other, although the DigiQ registered a slightly higher temperature. This picture was taken about 2 hours into the cook, by the end of the cook all three were actually within 2 degrees of each other. 149 – 151.
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