The weekend I ruined 40 pounds of pork shoulder with a bad thermometer

I was hosting a big family cookout last Saturday in Austin and decided to smoke two 20-pound shoulders low and slow. Turned out my cheap probe thermometer was reading 30 degrees low, so I cooked them at 275 instead of 225 for 6 hours before I noticed. Has anyone else been burned by a faulty thermometer and ruined a whole cook?

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troy_butler74d ago

You ever check your thermometer in boiling water before a big cook? I learned that lesson the hard way after ruining a brisket with a cheap probe that was way off. For big cuts like that, I'd grab a ThermoPro or something similar and test it with ice water first thing.

ericjackson4d ago

Yeah, boiling water test saved my brisket too.