Bad Bubba
Well-Known Member
I have several Thermoworks thermometers and a couple of Inkbirds. I have a Thermoworks Smoke with an extra-long probe that I use on brew day in the kettle. I brewed the other day and I was waiting for my kettle to come up to temperature for the mash. The Smoke was reading 144 degrees F and all of a sudden I noticed the water in the kettle starting to boil. I quickly grabbed another thermometer and found the water was 200 degrees (boiling at my altitude). I was able to salvage the day by cooling the water to mash temps using my immersion chiller but I realized I narrowly adverted disaster. If the probe had been only 20 degrees off, I would of ruined the mash. Now I have added the step to my brew day to check my thermometers for accuracy...and I need 3 because is one is off you can identify it by comparing with the other 2.