Brick wrote:

> Strange how experiences vary. I have no trouble at all driving mine over
> 400°. I've seen mine go all the way around the dial. The Thermometer is
> the stock NBS model and is mounted in the stock mounting hole near
> the chimney. My problem is holding the temp below 275°. I usually burn
> a combination of Royal Oak lump and oak logs.

Yeah, I can easily run mine over 350F at grate level (with the
Maverick probe) - and the NB thermometer runs about 50F hotter for
me, and I can see 400F on it. Easily. The key, for me, was turning
the grates 90° to get the damper/fire to breathe properly, and loading
up enough fuel.

I don't have too much trouble keeping a 250-275° range, but it
would be a pain to keep 200-225°. Of course, if I were using the
NB thermometer, that would probably to temperatures 50° higher. So
maybe we're seeing the same thing, Brick?

As long as you're getting good food out of the thing :-)

Cheers,
Dana