any practical difference between an air (pit) probe and meat probe?

[J.Diggs]

Good evening,

I replaced the dome/dial thermometer with the thermoworks air/pit probe a while back. But I also want to play around and measure temps at the grill. I've got more thermoworks meat probes than I actually use. Is there a reason not to use one of those at the grill level. I can mount it pretty rigidly an inch or two above the grills so I'm not concerned about that.

Thoughts?

Thanks,

 

[Bryan Mayland]

Nope, they are identical internally, well, same parts anyway. The meat probes have smaller tips so they theoretically react a little more quickly to temperature changes, but practically there's no difference in performance I think. I have both as well and ran some tests with both side by side on the grill and they showed the same variations.

 

[J.Diggs]

perfect. Thank you.