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Default remote thermometer for WSM


On 14-Mar-2012, "monroe, of course" > wrote:

> wrote:
>
> > I was just thinking that when I started cooking outdoors eight
> > years ago, it never entered my mind to ask what brand of
> > therm to buy. I spotted some knockoffs on overstock.com
> > and bought three for $6/ea. I sold one to Even in Citrus Park
> > and the other two are still going strong. There's just not
> > much to be said for consumer level products. They're all
> > made as cheaply as possible. I have no idea who made
> > the ones I have. They have no name on them, but they
> > work as well as any.

>
> El Cheapo Taylors from Tuesday Morning are what I'm using-goin on 5 or 6
> yrs now. The Maverick dual I got backintheday (model ET7, IIRC)was a
> total absolute abject&complete ripoff. The thing was topoftheline
> expensive as hell and it NEVER worked right,even after I shelled $$ out
> for the heavyduty probes for it. I ended up crushing it under the car
> wheel in whatcha might call a 'snit of pique'.
> Sometimes you DON'T get what you pay for at all!
>
> monroe(also have a Fluke 52 K-type dual thermocouple for pit temp if
> need be)


I've had my eye on that Fluke for a bunch of years, but just never
got around to ordering one. Maybe I'll stop by Grainger and see if
they have one on the shelf. There's other uses for that besides BBQ.

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Brick(Better to remain silent and be thought a fool
then to speak up and remove all doubt)