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You regulars know me...is the hole wrong???
RRP
Posts: 25,880
I have a s/m/l and all of them have the dome thermometer hole drilled in at such an angle that the probe is aimed toward the middle of the egg. A couple years ago I saw several new BGEs where the dome thermometer pointed straight down toward the "center of the earth". IMHO those would give a bad reading by reading the outside of the fire box. I posted these concerns back then and only a few responded. The conclusion was some new employee in Mexico drilled them wrong...today I was in a nearby city and saw the same downward directed hole. Has "he" been rehired to screw up more domes??? I didn't have my camera so I can't show you a pix.
Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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RRP,
I think several people posted that they had contacted BGE about it and were told that it was done deliberately so that the thermometer probe would avoid poking the food. I'd call them and ask since they should be the authority on the matter. I've got one or two vertical holes and I don't really see a problem when I use them.[p]TNW
The Naked Whiz -
RRP,
the angular direction of the probe inside the
dome is irrelevant to the thermocouple which
creates the thermometer movement, other than
the angle of incidence of the heat rising past
and thereby influencing the metal of the probe.
e.g. doesn't care 'where it's pointing'.[p]Unless I'm completely wrong. It happened once.
best, HS.
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RRP,
The theromometer hole on my large goes straight down. I have not had any issues with it so far.....
Kevin Jacques
The University of Que L.L.C. ®
Killen, AL
www.uofque.com
Take Your Taste Buds to School! -
RRP, Mine points at a 45 degree angle to the center of the grate. I thought it was done so one could read the thermo from the patio window!
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RRP,
I've got 3 eggs and they all point towards the middle. All work fine. It is more helpfull to see mounted that way--See Yaa
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HolySmokes,[p]Yep, I have one each way, and both seem to work fine. I don't like the straight up one because I cannot see it from any distance.[p]I guess it boils down to the angle of the dangle is congruent to the hypotenuse of the flux capacitor.
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GrillMeister,
"angle of the dangle"
I'm from San Antonio, and when I was around 10 and out at the deer lease, I vaguely remember hearing a joke about a guy woh gets stung by a spider in the outhouse. Had something to do with that punch line. <G>
jaymer...
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