Bug Report (meth blew up on 196)

It would appear that you had it at 196° almost 197° like you said, but you had your power level set to 5, so the next time it would've updated your temperature reading you were already above the 200° threshold and it was enough to cause an explosion.

Am I missing something here?

are you sure it didnt just cross the 200 mark and just instantly blow up ?

With power on 5 this can happen.
The tick suddenly goes further as you tried to lower your power, therefore the server registered it as going over 200, therefore it blows up.

I generally keep mine between 185 and 196, and usually even power down before it hits 196 depending on which stage of the meth as temperature rises faster in the final stage.

It takes more effort, however not more effort than it blowing up ofcourse

the chances of it blowing up at 200 instantly are very low (I was told the chance but i forgot now) but this can happen. It has actually happened to me once and i will never forget it. This is why I always lower the heat the second it gets to 195 or 190