Are there any replacement thermometers for the #9815 models which scale beyond the 550F? All the ones I have seem top out at 550F. The thermometer of course moves quite a bit beyond that when running the grill on full power.
I dont think there is a direct replacement. You can probably get one of the newer style that mount in the middle of the hood, but that would entail drilling a hole in your porcelain hood.
My grill will max out well above the 550 mark as well, but I haven't really found a need to get the grill any hotter than 550 for grilling purposes. I do have the Thermoworks smoke with the grate probe that will measure the true grate level temps and that redlines at 700 so, if I did want to go higher for some reason, I guess I could.
It looks solid. I guess one can only tell after some time. However it does not sit tight between the clamps of the lid similar to the other 3rd party thermometers. But it comes with this metal clamp on the probe.
The only thing I am missing as a metric guy is Celsius on the scale. It only has Fahrenheit on the scale.