I bought a $40 wireless meat probe and it saved my brisket

I was doing a big cook for a family party and my old wired probe kept getting tangled in the smoker door. The new one let me check the temp from my phone inside the house. I caught the brisket hitting 203 degrees way faster than I thought, so I pulled it just in time. What's your go-to tool for keeping an eye on a long cook without opening the lid?

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jessec355mo ago

Honestly, my buddy had a similar thing happen with his pork shoulder last summer. He was using one of those cheap oven thermometers and totally missed the stall. Ended up with dry meat because he kept opening the lid to check. Tbh, he bought a basic two probe Bluetooth unit after that and it was a total game changer for him.

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the_ray5mo ago

My uncle's Thanksgiving turkey taught me that good tools fix a lot of simple mistakes.

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charlieo295mo ago

Man, that's so true. My friend tried smoking a brisket with just the built-in lid thermometer on his grill. He was checking it every hour like clockwork, letting all the heat out. The temp kept swinging wildly and it took forever. He finally got one of those leave-in probes you can check from your phone and said it was the most relaxed cook he's ever done. Why do we always try to cheap out on the stuff that actually matters?

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