Mounting a Thermometer

[Ernest Buckley]

I just received my Tel-Tru BQ300 yesterday and was surprised to see how large it is! Anyway, I have a smoke happening this weekend and wanted to use it so is it possible to just stick the device into the upper vent?

 

[Russell Y]

Sounds good to me.

I had an inexpensive thermometer in one of the top vent holes. The smoke puts a nice layer on the bottom half.

Drilling a hole away from the vent and sealing it with the thermometer will help keep it clean.

 

[Brandon A]

Ernest,
This post probably belongs in the mods section, but anyway, I say bite the bullet and go buy yourself a uni-bit or a hole saw and put that baby in the right way

I myself just installed a bq300 last week. I used a 7/8 hole saw, as it was about half the price as the uni-bit. The only problem I ran into was that the hole saw shank was too large to fit in my 18v Skill drill, so I had to borrow a DeWalt from work. It will look MUCH nicer then having it hanging out of your vent

and stay clean also..

Brandon

 

[Ernest Buckley]

I`m not very "handy" so that thought of drilling my WSM kind of scares me. I may ask my brother in law to do so when hes over next time. Yes, I`m a wimp. ;D

 

[Dave L.]

Ernest,
I put mine through the top vent hole. It works just fine. It does get dirty on the back side but that wipes up really easy. I put it through a cork so I can also use it for my kettle.

 

[Brandon A]

Ernest,
Believe me, I'm no handy man myself. Just ask my wife

If you must, ask your brother in law to help. You will see that its not such a big deal. But to me its just so much better looking, especially being that you have that wopper of a therm, and not a little candy therm. Just my opinion, I'll leave ya alone now

Brandon