Just took delivery on the Thermapen through their winter pricing. I fine tool. I decided to test the new Maverick and thefood probe was 2 degrees off, with the bbq probe dead on. After a cook this weekend, I suspected the Maverick to be off.
Regarding full time on Middle Bass Island, not yet. A couple winter weekends and most all spring, summer, fall. When you get back to the Bay and look due west of the old Lonz winery, you'll see smoke curling from the south shore!