Chris Young's Giant Grill Gauge, Combustion Engine, and Predictive Thermometer

[wrandyr]

On 2/9/2026 at 7:34 PM, C6Bill said:

That’s a nice graph, but why lol

There was a photographer back in the 1970's who, when asked why he took a certain picture, replied "Because I wanted to see what it looked like as a photograph."

Something like that.

Edited February 11 by wrandyr
because..

[C6Bill]

Well as a photographer I can appreciate that thought  

[David Chang]

there appears to be a huge amount of play when the gauge is installed on a domed surface (weber summit).

 

 

[wrandyr]

4 hours ago, David Chang said:

there appears to be a huge amount of play when the gauge is installed on a domed surface (weber summit).

I think it's more a function of the hole the stem goes through than the dome curvature. The main GG base is a tripod, but they are fixing it to the lid with the stem. There is supposed to be a clip or wing nut on the inside to hold it in place, which the reviewer chose not to use.

[braindoc]

I guess I was able to get myself on the beta test list.  The longer probe arrived recently.  Once I have some free time I’ll try to set everything up and let you all know what happens.

 

[Tyrus]

6 minutes ago, braindoc said:

Once I have some free time I’ll try to set everything up

What's more important, a probe or a scapel? You know I can't see why such a big therm is important....I put on my 500X cheaters and it ain't much difference.

[DennisLinkletter]

On 1/6/2026 at 10:15 AM, David Chang said:

i was enthused and still am if they provide the probe for kk users, but the prices are insane..

 

Two Thermometers $399... Absolutely Redonkulious!!
Insulting at best..
How long to design this with ChatGPT and have it made in China?

[braindoc]

Success!

The replacement probe fits with room to spare.  It is quite snug with the supplied clip and wing nut.

The predictive thermometer transmits data to the grill gauge which is now connected to WiFi.  Absolutely necessary?  Absolutely not.  But nice.

 

 

 

[MacKenzie]

I love the look of that. 👍👍

[David Chang]

On 5/9/2026 at 4:37 AM, braindoc said:

Success!

The replacement probe fits with room to spare.  It is quite snug with the supplied clip and wing nut.

The predictive thermometer transmits data to the grill gauge which is now connected to WiFi.  Absolutely necessary?  Absolutely not.  

Edited 5 hours ago by David Chang

[sobiloff]

Well, @braindoc beat me to the punch this time. I got my long probe installed on Mother's Day so I could cook a tri-tip for the family. It took a little twiddling to get the GGG connected to WiFi, and then my (1st gen) Predictive Thermometer to pair with the GGG. Also, I was surprised that after four months there weren't any firmware updates for the GGG, but if it ain't broke...

It was a bit of a gamble since I used to use a BBQ Guru and would set the pit probe on top of the foil-blocked portion of the lower grate to get a "pit temp" of 225, so I had no idea what that'd correlate to between the GGG temp and the ambient temp on the PT. I ended up with about a 160 degree spread between the two. With the ambient on the PT starting around 125 degrees and slowly climbing to 170 degrees the cook finished just slightly earlier than I expected, but still turned out quite tasty.

I'm satisfied with the longer probe and happy that I finally have a useable temperature monitoring solution from Combustion. Now if they'll ship the Combustion Engine I paid for nearly two years ago I'll finally have a complete replacement for the BBQ Guru!