Hi Folks!
I need to replace my old Taylor dial (5 1/2" stem) thermometer, which I'd inserted into a small hole drilled in my WSM's lid opposite the vent. It's reading erratically between 6 and 15 degrees below actual temp as checked with an Owen Instruments Thermapen (0.5 degrees accuracy, from King Arthur Baker's catalog). There's no calibration nut below the Taylor's dial, so I guess it's time for a replacement.
1. Are there any accurate DIGITALS that can be inserted into the lid, or do all of you have dial thermometers?
2. What is your lid thermometer of choice? I thought the Trend might be the one, but there wasn't as much information in the archives as I thought I'd find when I searched for "Trend."
3. Can your favorite thermometer be calibrated?
4. Is stem length an issue?
5. Anything else I need to know about thermometers?
If there's any place I can get good information, I know it'll be here! Thank you, everyone, for your input....
Rita
I need to replace my old Taylor dial (5 1/2" stem) thermometer, which I'd inserted into a small hole drilled in my WSM's lid opposite the vent. It's reading erratically between 6 and 15 degrees below actual temp as checked with an Owen Instruments Thermapen (0.5 degrees accuracy, from King Arthur Baker's catalog). There's no calibration nut below the Taylor's dial, so I guess it's time for a replacement.
1. Are there any accurate DIGITALS that can be inserted into the lid, or do all of you have dial thermometers?
2. What is your lid thermometer of choice? I thought the Trend might be the one, but there wasn't as much information in the archives as I thought I'd find when I searched for "Trend."
3. Can your favorite thermometer be calibrated?
4. Is stem length an issue?
5. Anything else I need to know about thermometers?
If there's any place I can get good information, I know it'll be here! Thank you, everyone, for your input....
Rita