Wrong time of year, or am I just really bad at temp control?

[keith157]

Another reason to eat Kate & Sydney pud Be prepared for lots of daft questions then Oh and Lidls & Aldi have recently stocked the metallic tapes

[YetiDave]

So it seems that my problems were twofold - firstly those Big K briquettes really suck for giving a high temp and secondly the thermometer in the lid of my unit appears to be out by a considerable amount. I'm testing some lump charcoal now and my ET732 is reading with the one base vent open and the lid half shut, thanks for all the advice!

[keith157]

It may be worthwhile trying to calibrate your gauge or at least work out how much it is out of sync.

[YetiDave]

I wasn't actually aware that you could calibrate it it's off by around 50F. Reading up on how you do it I think I know where I went wrong - I initially checked it against my thermapen and it was pretty dead on, but I think I might've messed it up when I tightened it, oops...

[keith157]

Failing that if you dip it in boiling water, as attested by your trusty thermapen, then you will know exactly how "off" it is.