Temperature monitoring
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I am sure you will hear from a number of folks, everyone has their favorites. The one I use and have been very pleased with is a Therm Pro, easy to read and from my testing ,very accurate. Two probes, I use one for the protein and one to clip to the grill beside whats smoking. It has a transmitter with readout that sits on your smoker and a handheld that has a range of 500 feet as advertised. You can set the carry around and it will alarm at a set temp. I usually set mine on a kitchen counter while I am doing other stuff. Amazon is a good place to check out a number of brands that will suit your needs. Welcome to the site great folks and great recipes.
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Has anyone had issues with the Temp Sensor on the Woodridge Models or has cleaning after each cook been the answer?
Also, since the Woodridge series is rather new, any thoughts on replacing Fire Pot or Ignitor?
Also, since the Woodridge series is rather new, any thoughts on replacing Fire Pot or Ignitor?
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Hey @bigb56 , lots of discussion on temperature probes in several chats. Here is an example: https://www.traegerforum.com/threads/temperature-accuracy.4041/ . Search for yourself!
I had much better experience than many with the probe that came with my Pro780. But I switched to a ThermoPro recently. App is great, but it only works on your WiFi network. With the Traeger probe I could go to the beach, store, whatever and still track temperature. And I still have not figured out how to read the temperature on myApple Watch (though it alerts me if I'm out of range of the transmitter). Good luck!
I had much better experience than many with the probe that came with my Pro780. But I switched to a ThermoPro recently. App is great, but it only works on your WiFi network. With the Traeger probe I could go to the beach, store, whatever and still track temperature. And I still have not figured out how to read the temperature on myApple Watch (though it alerts me if I'm out of range of the transmitter). Good luck!
bigb56
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Some good suggestions here and @OldMayfield thanks for the link. I wasn't aware there were WIFI units that worked on the internet, I thought they were all LAN only. Anyway I am leaning toward the ThermoPro. The Inkbird looks pretty good but there must be a reason ThermoPro cost 4X as much right?
Tomorrow I'm going to be flying by the seat of my pants with a 1/2 brisket. All I have besides the Traeger probe and thermostat is a couple Maverik wireless probes that never held a charge for more than 60-90 min since new, a laser gun and a good folding meat thermometer. We might have an over thermometer around here somewhere. I also put the Galafire gauge on my wish list and will order that unless something better comes along, but it did get good reviews both on Amazon and here.
Tomorrow I'm going to be flying by the seat of my pants with a 1/2 brisket. All I have besides the Traeger probe and thermostat is a couple Maverik wireless probes that never held a charge for more than 60-90 min since new, a laser gun and a good folding meat thermometer. We might have an over thermometer around here somewhere. I also put the Galafire gauge on my wish list and will order that unless something better comes along, but it did get good reviews both on Amazon and here.
bigb56
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I put on a half brisket 3 hours ago and set the dial to 225F. I placed a good oven thermometer on the rack near the brisket and it has held 250F all morning while the display on the Traeger has been averaging 220F.
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That's not that bad. I would count that as a win for you in temperature variation with a Traeger
bigb56
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That's what I was thinking, I've been reading a lot of complaints that the temp was below the setpoint and mine is above it. After leaving the lid closed for 4 hours it reached 260F.
I've noticed the Traeger smokes a lot lighter than my GMG Trek. Barely even a smoke ring on this brisket. You can taste the smoke but just barely. My wife prefers light smoke but I wouldn't mind it being a bit heavier. I'm thinking on ordering a smoke tube.
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I recently ran my Thermopen Smoke along with the internal temp probe and they equaled out together after the cold meat started to warm up.
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I've done about a dozen cooks with the Chef IQ Sense probes,very happy so far.I like that one probe will keep me informed of not only internal temp but ambient temp also.My Pro 34 is off by about 40-50 degrees ,I have to set it on 275 and it'll run 220-235ish.I am new to a pellet smoker so I haven't figured out why the temp is off.Link below to the Chef IQ Sense probe set I purchased
bigb56
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I wonder if any of the controller replacements on the market could solve the temperature differences. I understand I am on the "luckier" end as my Traeger actually gets hotter than the set point but that doesn't give me a 225F choice, I either get 250-260F or put it on the 180F setting and get 205F. I'd like to be closer to 225F for my briskets and short ribs.
