First off congrats on the new cooker.
The legs look wonderful and yes they cook pretty fast in infrared.
I do have a question though, why a thermometer? Infrared does the cooking in this unit not heat, so you just interested in the temp?
Not trying to be picky by any means, it's just you can cook the same meat lid up and it would still cook very well.
The original Big Easy has a mesh lid the let heat out so the food wont dry out from heat. This is also reason why I cut a four in vent into the top of my SRG's to vent the heat yet let the infrared do it's thing
Also remember the temp at the lid is not the temp in the chamber so keep this in mind.
Again not knocking you just wondering, it's my nature....