Dawgluver
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Nice nice, Paymaster! I would happily eat it!
... I figure if you want smoke flavor and the meat is fatty and not going to benefit much by slow smoking it...
...brisket, shoulder clod, and any pork cut on the other hand, smoke and be happy...
Plenty of fat on brisket and pork butt/shoulder. They do well low and slow smoked.
Got it. Well marbled vs. fatty.
Was it pork shoulder you got for $1.19? Smoking will be tough in the extra cold temps we're expecting this week.
Got it. Well marbled vs. fatty.
Was it pork shoulder you got for $1.19? Smoking will be tough in the extra cold temps we're expecting this week.
No, I run the cable out the lid opening. The gasket seals around it fine.
The roast was cooked the way the most squeamish of the diners, my daughter, likes it cooked. I would have preferred more rare as well.
So you squash the cable between the lid and the kettle?
I know its armored cable, but I don't think that's what they had in mind when they (manufacturer) chose sensor cable. Or is that how they recommend you use it?
Are you not concerned you will ruin this cable? If you pinch it hard enough you will have what is called a cold joint.
A cold joint is where the wires are touching each other. Its measuring the temp at the exact spot the individual wires contained in the cable are in contact with each other. Not at the sensor anymore.
So you squash the cable between the lid and the kettle?
I know its armored cable, but I don't think that's what they had in mind when they (manufacturer) chose sensor cable. Or is that how they recommend you use it?
Are you not concerned you will ruin this cable? If you pinch it hard enough you will have what is called a cold joint.
A cold joint is where the wires are touching each other. Its measuring the temp at the exact spot the individual wires contained in the cable are in contact with each other. Not at the sensor anymore.
Doesn't the probe thermometer work by measuring the current through a thermistor in the end of the probe? That was my understanding. If there was a short between the wires, where the wire was pinched, you would get max current flow, renduring the temperature gauge useless. But it would not be measuring the thermistor regulated current at all. In either case though, the temperature from a shorted cable would not be accurate at all.
The other possible scenario of a pinched cable would be wire broken inside the insulation, resulting in an open, with no current flow at all, again rendering the temperature gauge useless.
With my Webber Kettle, I have ruined a couple of digital probe thermometers by pinching the cable with the lid. Glad that doesn't happen on your gear, Paymaster.
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