Temperature gauge question

Ray

I have my BGE set up for indirect coking. What I need to do is raise
the temperature gauge up so it does not make contact with the meat. Are there any cons to raising this up? Does the gauge still read the same as it would if it was fully inserted? Thanks - Ray

sprinter

Ray,[p]I've pulled mine out several times in the past with seemingly no adverse effects at all. I cook on a medium egg and have been known to pack it pretty full. It really stinks when you THINK your cooking at 225 and thats really the internal temp of the meat thats in the 700 degree egg. Good luck.[p]Troy

Car Wash Mike

Ray, I keep my temp gauge out a little bit maybe an inch. I've not experienced any problems. Tim M has a picture of a gauge out and a piece of metal (I think) between the egg and the gauge maybe he'll post the picture.[p]CWM

Spin

Ray,[p]The tip of the gauge does the actual measuring, so spacing it out doesn't effect the reading. A paper clip works well (in a pinch) as does a wine cork for holding the gauge in place. On a low and slow cook even a plastic straw of proper length works nicely.[p]Spin

Tim M

<p />Ray,[p]I agree that the thermometer needs to not be touching the dome of the Egg so that the plastic lens will not warp and allow moisture to enter it. The picture clearly shows that moisture did get into this one before I added the spacer - since the spacer the thermometer (new one) has been fine and no moisture at all has fogged it in 10 months (the pictured one fogged in 1 month when resting on the dome). Like Spin said, wine corks work as well as a piece of copper tube. This is a 1.5" piece of aluminum (a section of coke can would work too) bent into a U shape.[p]Tim

Wise One

Ray, I did two things recently. I drilled a hole through a wine cork and stuck my thermometer through it so it sits about an inch and a half off the BGE. Second I removed the clip underneath. I could not see that it was really serving any purpose and if pressed into meat my thermometer now pops out to show me that it is touching. Also, it makes it quite simple to move from my medium to my new mini and/or to test and adjust.