How do you use the grommet?


 
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Troy Reimche

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I’m just curious to see how most use the grommet. I use a FireBoard and fan for temp monitoring/control on my 14.5”, so I typically feed the temp probes from inside the smoker and route the cables around the grates to the meat and clip the pit temp probe to the top grate. I was thinking about trying to insert the pit temp probe into the round hole in the grommet from the outside as that would be much easier. I think I’ll try this today while smoking some ribs and compare temps between 2 probes.

I’m going to guess that measuring temp at the grate will be more accurate than through the hole in the side.

Thoughts?
 
Never use it. Slot/notch >>>>>> grommet. And even without the slot/notch, just put the wires under the lid.

My first ever WSM cook the grommet fell out when I was trying to put the probe through. Ever try to replace the grommet in the side of a hot cooker spewing smoke out of the grommet into your face? Never again.

Also, using the grommet means you have to snake/unsnake wires up through the grates. Blerg.

And if you want to use the grommet just to monitor temp only, the probe winds up in the hot zone perimeter. So those readings are bad/off as compared to measuring in the middle of the grate. Where the food is located.

TL/DR -- grommet is completely worthless. Weber should eliminate the grommet and add the notch/slot factory installed.
 
It's been a while since I used a WSM but I started out and then transitioned exactly as you're describing: fishing the probe wires along the grate and then exiting outside the cooker. And then I began inserting only the probe through the grommet hole and liked that approach. Even if that position results in different readings, once you become accustom to that placement, it provides a good reference point.

What Jim referenced is detailed here: https://www.virtualweberbullet.com/cutting-probe-thermometer-slot/

Good luck!
 
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