I thought my brisket stall was a fire problem for a whole afternoon

Last weekend, my brisket hit 150 degrees and just stopped climbing for over four hours. I kept fiddling with the air vents on my offset, thinking my fire was dying. Turns out, I had the probe in a weird pocket of fat, not the flat. A friend came over, moved the probe, and the temp read 190 almost right away. Has anyone else had a probe placement issue throw them off that badly?

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3 Comments

sean4824d ago

Probes have a personal vendetta against me.

caseya7424d ago

Your probe was just taking a long nap.

johnson.betty24d ago

My old Weber kettle taught me to check the probe in at least three spots before I panic. That fat pocket trick gets me every single time, especially near the point. I keep a second cheap instant read thermometer just to double check the main probe's reading. It saves so much stress and keeps me from messing with a perfectly good fire.