Will a 500 or 550 F thermometer be good enough on my pit?

Flying_Spaghetti_Monster · 12-03-2012, 09:49 PM

I am pretty sure it will.

flyingbassman5 · 12-03-2012, 09:52 PM

Sure. If you aren't going to be grilling but rather keeping temps in the 200-350 range you'll be fine.

landarc · 12-03-2012, 09:59 PM

Yep, I can't see how or why you would get a smoker higher than that.

I am not all the sure that it matters to have an external thermometer on a pit. So many of them seem to be off anyways

J-Rod · 12-03-2012, 10:03 PM

Mine only go to 475*, Personally I like a lower number that way the increments are easier to read. You'll be fine with that temp.

Toast · 12-03-2012, 10:20 PM

Keep 'er out of the coals.

Flying_Spaghetti_Monster · 12-03-2012, 10:22 PM

487132_10200210047432517_6593505_n.jpgI am purchasing an industrial grade temp indicator. It should read very close if not dead on. Is my gauge on here to high.

landarc · 12-03-2012, 10:28 PM

The problem, as I see it is this, the only real temperature that matters is grate temperature at the meat level. If it is a bi-level cooker, than you need to monitor temps at both levels. If you are running a reverse flow, then one thermo is fine. I assume that is a reverse flow pit.

Flying_Spaghetti_Monster · 12-03-2012, 10:35 PM

I am running reverse flow. Someone posted that the temp indicator needs to be about 2 1/2 of the grate. It would be easy to fill the hole with weld, and drill a new one.

12-03-2012, 09:49 PM	#1
Flying_Spaghetti_Monster Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 10-13-12 Location: Farmington, Utah Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Will a 500 or 550 F thermometer be good enough on my pit? I am pretty sure it will.

12-03-2012, 09:52 PM	#2
flyingbassman5 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 11-26-12 Location: Saint Louis MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sure. If you aren't going to be grilling but rather keeping temps in the 200-350 range you'll be fine. __________________ 18.5" OTS, 22.5" OTG, CB Silver(Rip), Vintage Coleman Bullet, Pit Barrel, UDS

12-03-2012, 09:59 PM	#3
landarc somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-26-09 Location: San Leandro, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yep, I can't see how or why you would get a smoker higher than that. I am not all the sure that it matters to have an external thermometer on a pit. So many of them seem to be off anyways __________________ "perhaps...but then again...maybe not..." careful there son, those ribs are boiling hot... \_\|_/ (='.'=) Here there be bunnies... (")_(")ooo Pacific Rim BBQ Bob's Brew and Que

12-03-2012, 10:03 PM	#4
J-Rod is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 08-15-12 Location: Detroit Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Mine only go to 475*, Personally I like a lower number that way the increments are easier to read. You'll be fine with that temp. __________________ "Hey careful man there's a beverage here!!!"

12-03-2012, 10:20 PM	#5
Toast Babbling Farker Join Date: 03-17-12 Location: Shreveport, LA Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Keep 'er out of the coals. __________________ Cooking Equipment: Weber WSM Weber Spirit S-320 Charbroil Oilless Turkey Fryer Weber GA Wife LuzziAnn 1956 model. Maverick ET-732 Superfast LSU Purple Thermapen

12-03-2012, 10:22 PM	#6
Flying_Spaghetti_Monster Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 10-13-12 Location: Farmington, Utah Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	487132_10200210047432517_6593505_n.jpgI am purchasing an industrial grade temp indicator. It should read very close if not dead on. Is my gauge on here to high.

12-03-2012, 10:28 PM	#7
landarc somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-26-09 Location: San Leandro, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The problem, as I see it is this, the only real temperature that matters is grate temperature at the meat level. If it is a bi-level cooker, than you need to monitor temps at both levels. If you are running a reverse flow, then one thermo is fine. I assume that is a reverse flow pit. __________________ "perhaps...but then again...maybe not..." careful there son, those ribs are boiling hot... \_\|_/ (='.'=) Here there be bunnies... (")_(")ooo Pacific Rim BBQ Bob's Brew and Que

12-03-2012, 10:35 PM	#8
Flying_Spaghetti_Monster Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 10-13-12 Location: Farmington, Utah Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I am running reverse flow. Someone posted that the temp indicator needs to be about 2 1/2 of the grate. It would be easy to fill the hole with weld, and drill a new one.