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"cc0112453" > wrote in message
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> http://www.pigroast.com/
> Try the above link. They have one on sale for $39. A bit over the top
> for your CharGriller but it's a good one. Also concerning the cable to
> your temp probe. I don't know if you have a drain on the bottom but that
> is where I ran mine. You can also run it down the smoke stack if the lead
> is long enough. Before I figured out that I could run it through the
> drain I was going to just drill a hole some where. Near the bottom
> preferably. I also was going to make a special bolt to fit the hole that
> would have a slot cut in it length wise. That would allow me to have a
> hole large enough to get the probe head itself through the drilled out
> hole, slip the lead through the slot in the bolt and then screw the bolt
> into the hole. But like I said, I didn't have to do any of that. Another
> idea I had was to cut a slot on the edge of the rim of the opening but
> that would be the same as drilling a hole and I think a hole would be
> preferable as it would not mess with the integrity of the unit.


On a WSM, you can remove one of the bolts that supports the upper cooking
grate and then run a temp probe leade straight through that. If you were
obsessive, you could replace that screw with a bit of hollow threaded rod
and then run the wire through that....