New 22" WSM Body has arrived. HELP!

[kds9547]

I always measure my cooking temp at the grate. But when I measure it at the top of the dome near the factory thermometer it is way off. Maybe I just got a bad one but I have read others on here say the same thing. It was the first thing I checked when I fired it up.

 

[kds9547]

Just curious, what's the temp outside?

 

[Hozman]

I always count out 12 briquettes to light this always gets me in the 250-275* range

 

[Tim Campbell]

29 degrees when I started, about 40 degrees now.