Syzygies Posted 10 hours ago Report Posted 10 hours ago 1 hour ago, jonj said: I don't understand this comment. I use these air probes all the time via the KK probe port. I don't try to push the plug through the hole from the inside; I insert the actual probe through the hole from the outside. I must be missing something. 😕 Yes, after further checking, the fat section around the probe is 3/8" and our hole is 1/2". This clearly works. (I've had other probes where the bend kept them from going through that direction.) I'm now getting to the less positive reviews online, giving me pause. GGG is also in the running.
wrandyr Posted 4 hours ago Report Posted 4 hours ago 9 hours ago, Syzygies said: GGG has a wireless pit probe capability, giving them the apparent edge here. Thermoworks claims this reading is thrown off by the meat. The GGG is a dome probe with a display that interacts with the predictive wireless thermometers. Combustion disagrees with Thermoworks, claiming that they are measuring within the "vapor cloud" surrounding the meat which is supposed to be the temperature that the meat actually "feels". This kind of capability hasn't been around very long, so there isn't much online consensus on how to use this new information. I think of it as more data to have fun with.
Syzygies Posted 2 hours ago Report Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, wrandyr said: The GGG is a dome probe... My read of their web site is that one can control their fan using either the big dome probe, or the air end of their wireless meat probe. Pick your poison: They're coming out with a longer dome probe that will actually clear our 2" thick dome with a margin to get good readings. Yet there's plenty of well-intended advice that near the meat is the correct place to control a pit. Â Thermoworks counters that "near the meat" is living in its own bubble, less accurate than a separate grill-level probe. Presumably if one believes this, one can set a second meat probe on a grill clip, and use that instead to control the fan. In short, one could put together a working system from GGG now, not waiting for their longer dome probe to reach market. I'm a broken record here: It's simplistic to reduce the complex system of a BBQ pit to a single number. It's a reality that current fan controllers are designed to key a single number. I can back my car into the driveway using any of three mirrors. I can control a cook using any of three probe locations.
