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letdasmokeroll

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I am just curious to see how many are out there ??? I dont have any of the fancy, high tech, thermos or digital devices to keep track of my heat or meat...I just go by look ...feel ...fire...and probe with a wooden skewer for tenderness ..my question is ...is their anyone else out there like this or am I just crazy
 
Therms on my pits and grills. Thermapen for steak, pork tenderloins/chops and chicken. Everything else I use the very high tech and outrageously expensive........wooden skewer. I have three double probe mavericks. They see no use in the last two years and one is brand new in the box.
 
letdasmokeroll said:
I am just curious to see how many are out there ??? I dont have any of the fancy, high tech, thermos or digital devices to keep track of my heat or meat...I just go by look ...feel ...fire...and probe with a wooden skewer for tenderness ..my question is ...is their anyone else out there like this or am I just crazy
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I'm currently running a 2" thermometer for probe temps, and an $8 therm stuck in the side of the barrel! No shame there!
 
I know some that cook by feel. Been doing it all their life and even cook for a living. It is a hobby for me and I don't have those years of experience/knowledge. I use tools/digital probes to help me till I learn. It is an art I believe!
 
Yeah, I don't use any of the fancy (expensive) stuff either. Folds have been cooking BBQ forever, fancy tools are new, they seemed to do just fine.
 
A cheap ol baby monitor works for me... and if the batter dies then I have to get off my arse and go check the pit temp...poke the meat mostly to see when done.
 
I have a dial therm in my UDS but it only goes about 2 or 3 inches in the barrel. I have not to date used a therm-pen or anything else on it. Be that as it may, tonight was only my 2nd official run on it. I pondered getting some fancy gadgets but decided to learn to do it by look and feel.
 
I bought and sold a maverick this year. I don't like the probes etc. I like to watch the temp and adjust as required. I do plan on a thermopen, however, I think the misses is going to be getting it for me as a christmas gift!!
 
I'm another.

I own a maverick but never used it, and I own a thermapen that I use sometimes on chicken but the funny thing is, I only ever use it when the food is sitting on the table in the kitchen!:doh:
 
Some cooks are nothing while others i use a Maverick ...
While not necessary it allows you to keep the pit shut because your temp reading is your eyes on the meat (so to speak)
 
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