I think my top plate thermo is junk.....Summit reading of 200-300??

[michiganwinters]

Seriously, I was reading Hogz thread and my thermo HAS to be junk.....cuz when it reads 250-300 its just crankin! It smells very very hot when it gets in that range. I dunno what brand it is or how old it is.......was a left over from our last house which came with and ol' Timberline. Now Im really curious how hot its really running.... I should probably install a probe but dont know how to and really would like to keep pipe clean looking. Maybe you can see thermo in this pic

 

[BrotherBart]

What you have there is an oven thermometer. It never will give you the temp of the top plate of that stove. Go to the hardware store and get a stove thermometer that lays flat on the stove.

 

[Jags]

DING! Breads done!

The first is the type of thermo that BroB is talkin' about.
The second is of a flue gas thermo. Most come with directions. Its a pretty simple "drill the hole"



What you have will NOT give an accurate stove top temp.

 

[Jimbob]

My Summit's cruising comfortably at 840 F right now....