Thermocouple Help

[Mike Goetzke]

I bought a new Weber Searwood grill. It takes two meat temp probes yet only came with one. They want close to $50 shipped & tax for another. I have a nice grill /smoker temperature controller with several meat probes. The plug-in end is the same as Weber’s but it reads around 280F when the Weber probe reads 70F.

I don’t know too much about thermocouples but why the difference. Wires crossed? “K” vs “J” type? (Ha, maybe Weber did something to prevent using aftermarket probes?)

Thanks

 

[Packard]

I don’t know why these are not compatible.

But Amazon.com sells Weber-specific meat probes.  Single probes for $17.00; 4 probes for $40.00. 

Check Amazon’s site for these.

Or look here: https://www.google.com/search?q=weber grill temperature probe&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-m

 

[Mike Goetzke]

I don’t know why these are not compatible.

But Amazon.com sells Weber-specific meat probes.  Single probes for $17.00; 4 probes for $40.00. 

Check Amazon’s site for these.

Or look here: https://www.google.com/search?q=weber grill temperature probe&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-m

Get this - they are not compatible with my new model grill.

 

[Packard]

OK.  Try the Weber forums.  They have a searwood thread.  Probably a better source of information than FOG.
https://www.weberforum.com/threads/flame-out-please-talk-me-down.1336/page-5

This is a more direct link:
https://www.weberforum.com/forums/weber-searwood-talk.27/

 

[Crazyraceguy]

OK.  Try the Weber forums.  They have a searwood thread.  Probably a better source of information than FOG.
https://www.weberforum.com/threads/flame-out-please-talk-me-down.1336/page-5

This is a more direct link:
https://www.weberforum.com/forums/weber-searwood-talk.27/

The FOG may not know the answer directly, but someone will know where to find it at least.

It kind of works like the rules of the internet say. Don't ask a question, you won't get much. Post something wildly wrong and 100 people will correct you.  [blink]

I asked about a little colored cube thing, having absolutely no idea what it was.....within hours, someone knew exactly what it was.

 

[kevinculle]

Most BBQ temperature readouts do not use thermocouples, rather the common sensor used is an RTD or resistance temperature device whose resistance varies with temperature.  The downside to most of these probes is that they do not hold up well at higher BBQ temperatures used in grilling rather than smoking.  I recently upgraded to a Type K thermocouple device by ThermoWorks, which was expensive, but the probes work fine after months of use whereas I was replacing RTD probes frequently.