Smoked my 1st whole chicken yesterday. 4 1/2 lbs. Covered w/chicken rub,inserted half filled beer can in can cooking rack (drank 1st half of course) 1 piece cherry, set @ 250* inserted Polder probe in breast & started cooking. I figured 4 1/2 hrs. The new polder did not work, it showed over 500* in both oven temp & bird.
I put another probe to check oven temp. It stayed right around 250*. After 3 1/2 hours I opened door & inserted probe in thigh, it read 170*. closed door & let go another hr. Pulled @ 179*. Polder still not working. Chicken was AWSOME. The bone pulled right out of the leg. When I removed the polder probe from the bird it started working??
Don't understand what's going on there. The cheap Target probe worked fine.
RT
If you always do what you've always done-- You'll always get what you've always got! --which could be a good thing with a CS.
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