I think we all know that lid thermometers are dicey at best. The latest instance of that was when I walked by the WSM the other night well after dark when it was cool out and the temp gauge needle wasn't on the floor for some unknown reason even though it wasn't in use and stone cold. I'd been looking into multichannel wireless thermometers and decided to get an iGrill 2 and an ambient temperature probe to go with it.
I'm going to give the iGrill 2 and the ambient temperature probe a trial run tonight with a couple of racks of back ribs in the WSM. The meat probes will have to wait for a more substantial cut of meat than ribs. It's going to be interesting trying out a consumer oriented piece of gear like this instead of industrial instrumentation; I'll probably end up gnashing my teeth about not being able to interface it with a computer and script things etc...
I also bought a package of pecan wood chunks. I've never used wood chunks before, just the chips, so I'll be trying that out tonight too. It's going to be a late night, but it's the longest day of the year and I'm on vacation so why not...