URGENT HELP-Temp is WAY off

Assuming the 50 o difference is steady, go ahead with the brisket cook and rely on the 2nd temp gauge for your cook. Is the actual temp consistent with the set cook temp set on the IQ4?

I'm guessing your FEC probe is faulty somewhere along the way. CS Tech support can diagnose you better on Monday.

I don't have a fec100, but sure wish I did, so my knowledge is very limited, but I have been watching the forum and wondered if this was the problem?

It could very possibly be a bad temp guage going to the circuit board. I had this happen one time so I just raised the temp on the smoker until I got the temp I wanted on the secondary guage. I would suggest you keep a close eye on the rest of the cook also. Definitely call CS on Monday.

One other suggestion would be if you have enough smoke on whatever you are smoking, take the meat out and finish it in your oven instead. I will leave this decision up to you.

was anything in the cooker when you measured the temps? sometimes something touching the temp sensor will throw it off.

otherwise turn it up 50 degrees until you can figure it out

Check the temp probe. I've seen this happen when it:

1) has the racks set to where metal is right next to it (some of the racks have a Hi/Lo hole)

2) food gets on the temp probe

Hi All,

Sorry for not responding sooner, been a crazy week.

I ended up shutting down the smoker and really cleaning the temp probe. I fired it back it, and the temps were within a few degrees. Cooked the briskets and everything was good.

Thanks for all the replies.

Pete

Nobody likes a dirty probe.