Temperatures

[Peterk]

With the colder months arriving and cooking do you, when looking at recipe instruction say the cook temp suggest 121 and at that temperature the ambient is only 110, would you set the cook temp higher to compensate for the weather.

 

[RayClem]

I presume your temperatures are listed in degrees Celsius. Since many members are in the States and us degrees Fahrenheit, it is best to be clear.

It should not be necessary to adjust the target cooking temperature winter vs sumner. It will take more pellets to provide heat in the winter, but the cook will experience whatever the temperature is inside the cooking chamber.

Be sure you are measuring the temperature inside the cook chamber properly. As is reported by many owners, the temperature shown on the controller might not be the temperature the cook is experiencing. A reliable 3rd party thermometer is highly recommended.

 

[Jimmy Tolliver]

Yes, increase the temp a bit (5-10°C/10-20°F) to compensate for the colder ambient temperature.

 

[midwest]

The internal temp of the grill is the internal temp of the grill, no matter what the outside temps are. Set your grill at the temp you want it at, if you want to cook at 225F set it at that, it doesn't matter if it's 100 degrees outside or 15 degrees. It will take more pellets to keep temps the colder it is.
My wife does the same "math" with our thermostat. We normally keep our house at 68 in the winter. Some nights she will say "its supposed to get really cold out tonight, we need to turn the heat up a little"... 68 is 68 no matter how cold it gets outside.