My New Gizmo...

[nascarchuck]

I was trying to come up with a way to get a temp reading at grate level in my CharGriller. I know there is a mod to the CG but I don't want to go drilling holes when I don't need to.

Got to thinking about this and rummaged through our scrap metal bin here at work and came up with this idea.

Took the scraps to the machine shop and about an hour later I came out with this. Actually I made two of them.

I think that it will be heavy enough that it will stay put, but if not I will weld a little 1/4" key stock on the bottom then mill it down a little if needed. This way it will fit inbetween the slots in the grate.

Now, for the important question, are the actual temp sensors in the tips of the probe (ET-73)? Do you think that the metal will conduct heat to the probe? In otherwords, will this dang thing work???

[mel]

I dont know but it looks cool.

[OSD]

Looks great Chuck. Not sure if will work being made out of metal ?? they usually tell you not to even lay the probe on the grate because of this. They usually say to stick the probe through a potato or a block of wood with a hole in it. I would think this would give false readings because it will give temps based on the metal and not the air in the smoker.

[nascarchuck]

Looks great Chuck. Not sure if will work being made out of metal ?? they usually tell you not to even lay the probe on the grate because of this. They usually say to stick the probe through a potato or a block of wood with a hole in it. I would think this would give false readings because it will give temps based on the metal and not the air in the smoker.

I am thinking (wondering if) that if the sensor is at the end of the probe and the end of the probe is several inches away from the metal, that maybe, just maybe I will be able to get a fairly close reading.

I hope to try it this weekend and see what happens.

[bowhnter]

I am thinking (wondering if) that if the sensor is at the end of the probe and the end of the probe is several inches away from the metal, that maybe, just maybe I will be able to get a fairly close reading.

I hope to try it this weekend and see what happens.

I am thinking that might work because it will be out a few inches. Do you have an old or cheap oven therm you can put next to it to compare the readings?

[nascarchuck]

I am thinking (wondering if) that if the sensor is at the end of the probe and the end of the probe is several inches away from the metal, that maybe, just maybe I will be able to get a fairly close reading.

I hope to try it this weekend and see what happens.

I am thinking that might work because it will be out a few inches. Do you have an old or cheap oven therm you can put next to it to compare the readings?

I think that my wife has 1 or 2 in the drawer... I will use those as well...

[bigwheel]

Stick it in a cork or a tater.

bigwheel

[nascarchuck]

Stick it in a cork or a tater.

bigwheel

Why don't you go stick it in a cor... errrrr.... because this looks better and it wasted an hour of my time at work when I should had been working...

[SteerCrazy]

Stick it in a cork or a tater.

bigwheel

Why don't you go stick it in a cor... errrrr.... because this looks better and it wasted an hour of my time at work when I should had been working...

and the problem with that is????

[nascarchuck]

Stick it in a cork or a tater.

bigwheel

Why don't you go stick it in a cor... errrrr.... because this looks better and it wasted an hour of my time at work when I should had been working...

and the problem with that is????

I don't have the problem with it... BW & my boss do!!!

Actually my boss thought that it was pretty cool...

[joe]

Looks great Chuck. Not sure if will work being made out of metal ?? they usually tell you not to even lay the probe on the grate because of this. They usually say to stick the probe through a potato or a block of wood with a hole in it. I would think this would give false readings because it will give temps based on the metal and not the air in the smoker.

I am thinking (wondering if) that if the sensor is at the end of the probe and the end of the probe is several inches away from the metal, that maybe, just maybe I will be able to get a fairly close reading.

I hope to try it this weekend and see what happens.

Chuck if you get too much error I can send you some teflon to make a bushing with. I've got some round stock about a half inch in diameter that looks like it might work.

[nascarchuck]

Looks great Chuck. Not sure if will work being made out of metal ?? they usually tell you not to even lay the probe on the grate because of this. They usually say to stick the probe through a potato or a block of wood with a hole in it. I would think this would give false readings because it will give temps based on the metal and not the air in the smoker.

I am thinking (wondering if) that if the sensor is at the end of the probe and the end of the probe is several inches away from the metal, that maybe, just maybe I will be able to get a fairly close reading.

I hope to try it this weekend and see what happens.

Chuck if you get too much error I can send you some teflon to make a bushing with. I've got some round stock about a half inch in diameter that looks like it might work.

Thanks for the offer! We do have alot of teflon stock at work. Do you think that the teflon would melt?

[joe]

Looks great Chuck. Not sure if will work being made out of metal ?? they usually tell you not to even lay the probe on the grate because of this. They usually say to stick the probe through a potato or a block of wood with a hole in it. I would think this would give false readings because it will give temps based on the metal and not the air in the smoker.

I am thinking (wondering if) that if the sensor is at the end of the probe and the end of the probe is several inches away from the metal, that maybe, just maybe I will be able to get a fairly close reading.

I hope to try it this weekend and see what happens.

Chuck if you get too much error I can send you some teflon to make a bushing with. I've got some round stock about a half inch in diameter that looks like it might work.

Thanks for the offer! We do have alot of teflon stock at work. Do you think that the teflon would melt?

Melting point 620 degrees F. So I guess it depends on how hot the gizmo gets. You might put something under it like a piece of brick to keep it cooler.

[nascarchuck]

Sounds great Joe...

I will let y'all know how it works out. Will hopefully try it this weekend...

[Burnt Food Dude]

The temp sensor is about 1/4 to 1/2 in from the tip. Most probes have alittle dimple on it near that point. That is where the sensor is.

I don't think the metal would affect the tem reading. BBRGuru uses a metal aligator clip to hold te probe. The ET-73 uses a metal holder also. As long as you keep the hunk of metal away from where the sensor is located you should be fine.