Best replacement thermometer

[Bobby M]

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".

Thank you both!

 

[Dustin Dorsey]

I've seen a picture on amazon where someone installed the river country 2 inch in the weber bezel on a 22.5. They had to expand the bezel hole and the thermometer hole to do it. It looked ok. There's maybe a 1/8 inch gap between the thermometer and the inside edge of the bezel. This gets my wheels spinning about putting a 2inch Tel Tru BQ225 with a 100 to 500 degree scale in the bezel. You'd have an even bigger gap. I'm not sure if it'd look stupid or not. Right now my Weber one (which I've replaced once) is still kicking but when this one dies I may try it.

 

[timothy]

enlarge the stock hole to 3/4" using a 3/4" metal hole saw

Hmm, that won't work. Unibit or step drill bit would.

Tim

 

[Chris Allingham]

Hmm, that won't work. Unibit or step drill bit would.

I've drilled such holes before through solid lids, not through the existing 3/8" hole, but I think I could do it without the drill skittering around.

 

[timothy]

All I'm saying is if I had to enlarge a hole, I wouldn't buy a hole saw. I would buy a Unibit.

Tim

 

[Chris Allingham]

All I'm saying is if I had to enlarge a hole, I wouldn't buy a hole saw. I would buy a Unibit.

Tim

Hmm..."that won't work" seemed pretty clear to me.

Anywho...the first time I made a 3/4" hole in a WSM for a therm, I used a 3/4" knockout punch, but that's kind of a specialty tool. Next, I used a Unibit/step drill bit and it worked fine. Next, I used a 3/4" hole saw because that's what was handy and it worked fine.

There are many ways to successfully make these holes!

 

[Allen Speck]

After my very first smoke I noticed condensation in the standard Weber lid thermometer. Not good.

 

[D Estropelic]

I would get a chugod 6 probe wireless. You can check the temps from indoors.

 

[Pinny]

Any thoughts on this UT300? I frequently use my WSM for grilling, so the 150-750 range seems more useful than 50-500.

Tel-Tru - Barbecue Thermometer, 3 inch aluminum dial UT300, 2-1/2 inch stem, 150/750 degrees F

Barbecue Thermometer, 3 inch aluminum dial UT300, 2-1/2 inch stem, 150/750 degrees F

teltruhome.com

 

[BenM]

Does the River Country glow-in-the-dark model come in a larger size than 2"?

 

[BenM]

Tel-Tru makes barbecue thermometers that can be adjusted. Any thermometer on this page with a model number ending in "R" can be adjusted.

I will say, however, that in my opinion it's a fool's errand to try to adjust a lid thermometer to reflect grate temperature, as I explained in this recent video:

Just watched your video - awesome. TY so much. As a total newbie to the WSM world, this is exactly the type of advice I need and also one of the main reasons I joined this website. Thanks again.