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Old 06-23-2011, 09:47 AM   #8108
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Originally Posted by MushCreek View Post
I've never heard that about a thermometer before. I've been using a $5 turkey fryer thermo from Wally World for two years now. Guess I (and thousands of others) have been doing it wrong. Sounds bogus to me. You will get different readings from different places in the drum, and depending on how much meat you have in it. I plan to add a short thermo that reads near the edges. There are a lot of them made with a 2-1/2" stem.

I agree.I have 2 thermometers on mine( on at each grate level).One is a el-cheapo Wally world and the other is an Ashcroft industrial thermometer.
Temps only vary by a few degrees.
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