Sounds about right. i get around by using a trivet. This stops the bottom burning. Not ideal but at the end of the day it is a BBQ first and foremost.
Larry
Thanks I seen on another site cooking pork on a baby q 220 first half hour then turn down to 180 till cooked , Had mine on lowest setting could get it below 290 .
Ah Ha The light has just come on for me. After reading this thread I went out and checked my Weber. I had been reading the large Black Letters on the thermometer and it was usually reading 400deg on the big black letters.
I have just gone out and had a look at the thermometer (With my glasses on - Duh) and noticed the centigrade measurements in the small red lettering for the Baby Q. It all make sense now