maverick v.s. tel-tru

Close enough for me.

Depending on where each is located temps can vary.
Top rack to bottom rack can vary 30*
If the tel tru is on the outer edge and maverick is centered there would be a difference

The placement of the thermometer. Heat travels up so they will read different depending on where they are in the cooker. The grate level where the food goes is what you should follow.

What they said ^^^^^. Spot on. :wink:

The best advice I can give you is to pick one and use that to jusge all your cooks by.


First, thanks for getting a Tel Tru and not using the stock thermometer. That was a wise choice.

The hot air will travel straight up to the lid, so it should measure the hottest in this situation. The longer the smoker sits with the lid on, the closer the top rack and lid thermometer should get. Around the walls of the smoker you will get reflective heat off of them so that can make a difference too.

Basically in your smoker you have a whirlwind of slightly different temperatures going on. I would pick the Tel Tru since it doesn't have batteries and sensitive probes that can go bad. Use this reading to gauge your cooking temperature by.

Maverick vs. tel-tru

Your difference from grate to lid sounds about right to me.