Grill modifications - Thermometer?

[peteuk]

I saw a method on a blog (Cooking for Engineers - or something like that). I followed it and it works:

Drill through the rivet holding the top ventilator by turning the lid upside down and laying ventilator on a rubber mat to stop it spinning.

Get a food thermometer and stick it through a wine bottle cork - this enables you to have the probe an inch into the dome. I also whittled a piece of wood to block the hole when not using the thermometer. HTH

[jsperk]

Here are some mods
www.virtualweberbullet.com/moretherm.html

www.virtualweberbullet.com/mounttherm.html

[flbuckeye]

Jul 31, 2009 22:30:43 GMT -5 bigsteve said:

Jul 30, 2009 21:55:13 GMT -5 grillnut1 said:

So if I install a thermometer on my Weber dome where should I put it? I will probably do this and use a probe at the food grate also.

Since Don, the guy that gave life to the Smokenator did all his testing at vent level, I presume vent level would be best. That's about where mine is, although its about 90* around the lid from the vent. But my cheapie thermo doesn't work well, so I just use a digital probe on the grate.

You don't cook on the dome. The grate temp is all that matters