Is it normal for the top, sides and door of the Amerique to be hot to the touch on the outside? When I say hot, I can only hold my hand on it for a count of 3 or 4.
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They'll get warm in spots, but not that hot. Call Cookshack.
Thanks Pags, I called CS this morning Am waiting on a call back. In themeantime, I have set the temp to 200 and time to 4 hours to see if it heats up like that again this morning.(I was cooking mid day on the other 2 cooks) If I lay my Maverick probe on top of the smoker, will it measure the temp of the metal or do I need a different type thermometer? Thanks in advance for any help
If your smoker is sitting in the sun, it WILL get very hot FROM THE SUN. Stainless gets very hot from sitting in the sun. If your smoker is getting that hot and is not in the sun, maybe you should call cookshack.
I talked to Cookshack and also with the Mavrick on top of the unit, the outside temp was only getting to about 115. We decided that possibly the heat was due to the extremely hot weather here in East Texas. The smoker is inside a screened in open cookshack..