Comments on: Smokers Are Cheap! http://www.grillmaestro.com/smokers-are-cheap.htm my journey from grill meekdom to mastery Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:22:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Matt http://www.grillmaestro.com/smokers-are-cheap.htm#comment-162 Matt Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:38:14 +0000 http://www.grillmaestro.com/smokers-are-cheap.htm#comment-162 Keep in mind, though, that you'll still have to buy your own thermometer, because the built-in ones wear out fast, and aren't very reliable even when they're new. Get an electronic thermometer with a remote meat probe. Use that to measure the temperature (and hence doneness) of the meat, while you use the built-in one for the much-less-critical task of monitoring the temperature of the smoke. Keep in mind, though, that you’ll still have to buy your own thermometer, because the built-in ones wear out fast, and aren’t very reliable even when they’re new.

Get an electronic thermometer with a remote meat probe. Use that to measure the temperature (and hence doneness) of the meat, while you use the built-in one for the much-less-critical task of monitoring the temperature of the smoke.

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