Thorasta
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- Joined
- Jan 22, 2021
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- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Grill
- Silverlight 810
I've used my Traeger twice in the two days I've owned it.
Chicken Challenge -- Probe read about 15 degrees higher than chicken temperature when I checked with an analog probe. Luckily my wife knows how to test a chicken for 'done-ness' without any probe so we ended up with flawless chicken.
Last night I cooked four pork roasts that I'd had in my freezer for about 18 months. The probe was reading anywhere from 175 to 188 when I pulled the pork, and except on the edges which were *amazing* I ended up throwing it out because it was undercooked in the center and by that point it was already sliced and there was no saving it with further heating.
So either: I am incompetent with a probe and I need to learn how it works, or I have a faulty probe.
Maybe some of both. The roasts were big enough I was able to bury most of the probe in to a roast. Is there a particular portion of the probe that has the heat sensing? If I were to guess it would be about an inch behind the point, but I really don't know.
Is it possible to use a third party probe plugged in to a Traeger?
Please advise -- Thank you.
Chicken Challenge -- Probe read about 15 degrees higher than chicken temperature when I checked with an analog probe. Luckily my wife knows how to test a chicken for 'done-ness' without any probe so we ended up with flawless chicken.
Last night I cooked four pork roasts that I'd had in my freezer for about 18 months. The probe was reading anywhere from 175 to 188 when I pulled the pork, and except on the edges which were *amazing* I ended up throwing it out because it was undercooked in the center and by that point it was already sliced and there was no saving it with further heating.
So either: I am incompetent with a probe and I need to learn how it works, or I have a faulty probe.
Maybe some of both. The roasts were big enough I was able to bury most of the probe in to a roast. Is there a particular portion of the probe that has the heat sensing? If I were to guess it would be about an inch behind the point, but I really don't know.
Is it possible to use a third party probe plugged in to a Traeger?
Please advise -- Thank you.