Tel-Tru BQ300 Barbecue Thermometer, 3 inch Glow dial with Zones, 4 inch stem, 100/500 Degrees F

I installed it in the lid of my Weber Kettle opposite the gauge in the lid. I verified its accuracy using temp probes, and it is spot on. I grilled during the Super Bowl and it performed beautifully!

I have had Tel-Tru thermometers on several of my smokers and they are always the most accurate and good looking units in the market but these are simply the best. The lume of the gauge face is really bright and easy to read at night and the color just looks so good on the smoker during the day. I would highly recommend these Tel-Tru thermometers.

Very much dislike the price, but it’s well worth it. These are the best gauges you can get. If I had a $400 or less grill/smoker, it wouldn’t be worth it. Unfortunately I have thousands invested into grills and smokers, they all have teltru gauges on them. You can see the temp just fine at night with these

Tel-Tru makes the best thermometers. Period. I use them professionally, as well as at home. I see where some are recommending NOT buying the installation kit and that’s a mistake. You’ll spend more time and $ trying to find hardware and chances are that you won’t get the correct thread, nor the quality of stainless (i.e. if you can even find s/s). The kits are significantly less expensive ($8) purchased directly from Tel-Tru and typically they ship for free. Spending $60 for a thermometer and then trying to save a couple of bucks on mounting hardware, is like replacing the tires on a Ferrari with re-treads - it’s just stupid.The luminosity is good and it comes in handy if you tend to cook into the evening and or at night.You can’t go wrong with this thermometer.

Now, I haven't used it yet, but I'm not worried—this thing is an impressive piece of American-made hardware. I've never seen one in real life, so when it arrived it struck me as so beautiful I almost fell over. It's massive, heavy, perfectly designed, astoundingly assembled, and quite handsome to look at. Talk about quality, it's not only beyond my expectations, it's almost hard to believe it's actually real. I might have to order another one so I can have one just to look at brand new because at this point I don't even want to start using it's such a work of art. I am so awestruck I'm considering sending the company a thank you card, a box of donuts, and a case of beer.

This is a solid instrument. Made in USA.

Since I like to cook (as opposed to knocking off some burgers or a couple of steaks) on my gas grill, and knew the OEM thermometers were junk, I went looking. I found this product (and its siblings at St. Louis BBQ) as the only replacement dial thermometer worth getting. Others have attested to its accuracy, so I'll cover some other aspects.One of the pages I read at Amazon had the phrase "fits most grills." It does not. For example, the Weber Spirit line of gas grills, surely one of the most common among consumer-grade grills, has a 3/8" hole for the OEM thermometer. This product requires a 7/8" hole, as explained on other Amazon pages. No worries, I bought a "step drill bit" at Harbor Freight that, in less than 30 seconds, enlarged the hole to the required size. (What good is a project if it does not require a new tool?). Then installation went fine, and it works.Do not buy the recommended accessory installation kit--the two little pieces should be included, hence the missing star. Take your new thermometer to a real hardware store, buy one stainless steel washer, a little thick, that just fits over the threaded portion, and one stainless nut to fit the threads. Put the washer on the outside of the grill cover, and wrench the nut tight on the inside (but don't overtighten). Depending on the nut, you might want a second washer for the inside.

I recently purchased a Pit Boss pellet grill and overall I'm happy with it. However, the OEM dial thermometer read nearly 30 deg low. Not wanting to struggle with a warranty replacement and end up with another crappy OEM unit, I chose this as a replacement.It fit perfectly in the same hole and used the same hardware. The probe is almost 2" longer, and I did have to get another 3/4" washer since the threads were a tiny bit longer. But it works! It now matches the digital thermometer!Very happy.