Surprised nobody has replied. I have been wondering what people would suggest.
The 22.5" WSM thermometer has a 2.25" dial face, and most replacements seem to be 2" or 2.5" or 3".
My advice would be to discard the bezel, enlarge the stock hole to 3/4" using a 3/4" metal hole saw and install a Tel-Tru BQ300 with 2.5" stem and installation kit. Looks real sharp.
You can see an example with photos at the top of this page: https://virtualweberbullet.com/installing-thermometer.html
You'll be hard pressed to find a better stem thermometer than a Tel-Tru.
I installed this yesterday. The BQ300 seemed to be a tiny bit larger than the 3/4 hole tho. Had to widen it a little more.
Surprised nobody has replied. I have been wondering what people would suggest.
I was in Westlake hardware today and saw one of these for almost 25 bucks.
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B06XHCQLN7/tvwb-20
My next door neighbor has the same one on his drum smoker. He smokes way more meat than I do.
If I needed a thermometer I would probably give it a try.
This fool would love to see your video, but no link, boss...
6" will hit a beer can chicken. I've been using a 4" stem for years and it works great. But if I was doing it over again, I'd go 2.5".The longer stem can hit some foods