We've all see the difference between the dome and main grill temps..
I brought home the factory's high temp thermometer with a thermocouple that goes to 1,700ºf placed it on the upper flipped over and set down on the firebox.. Cranked it up and took shots of the digital readout with the dome's TelTru in the same shot.
The results were beyond what I expected.. and just goes to show that 650º-675º dome is the hottest you ever really need to take your KK for hight temp sears..
I know that I have customers who bought the TelTru's 200/1000 so that they could do 1,000º sears.. this shows that the actual grate temp would be way over 1500º and not only unnecessary but dangerous too..
Remember unlike all other grills all of the air leaving the chimney on the Komodo Kamado is forced to the charcoal. there is no gap between the firebox and body and no holes drilled through the firebox which lets air bypass the charcoal.
Dome 510ºf Dome 560ºf
Lower Grill Lower Grill
324ºc = 615ºf 344ºc = 650ºf
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Dome 615ºf Dome 650ºf
Lower Grill Lower Grill
401ºc = 753ºf 430ºc = 806ºf
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Dome 710ºf Dome 770ºf ??
Lower Grill Lower Grill
638ºc = 1,180ºf 702ºc = 1,295ºf
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Dome 800ºf ?? Dome Tel Tru Pegged 900ºf ??
Lower Grill Lower Grill
753ºc = 1,388ºf 800ºc = 1,472ºf
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