First Smoke

[smokerman]

Did my first smoke yesterday.  made mistakes, but wasn't real costly.  2- half deer loins
1-half pork loin.rubbed and set overnight. COOKED TO LONG. THERMOMETER NOT WORKING RIGHT, MUST GET A MAVERICK. deer was eatable but to dry, pork was bigger so it wasn't to bad. at least all had a great flaver. Garage temp was middle 40's, set dbs for 220, and had temp swing of
221 to 205 on digital temp gauge while in smoke time.  221-201 after smoke shut off.  Oh well
had much fun and learned  some.

[Arcs_n_Sparks]

smokerman,

How long did things go? I've had such swings on my Original BS before getting the slider settled down.

Arcs_n_Sparks

[owrstrich]

its all about the practice... lean cuts take some practice... fatty cuts are more forgiving...

someone may know what to do about that 20deg temp swing... i dont know anything about the digi bradley but a 20 deg swing seems like it can be shaved down...

owrstrich

[West Coast Kansan]

DBS certainly has swings - but am not familiar with these readings. Usually have more overshoot...

Actual temps depend on a lot of things.  The digital display provides a nice reading of the temperature of the back wall of the smoker.  I have my most accurate readings with an external probe ET72 dedicated to the purpose with the probe centered about 2 inches below the beast on the third rack.  Overshoot as read on DBS temp is usually greater from my experience. But they will be consistent.