Not sure if this has been discussed before but i just helped my brother put together his new performer, and the top vent and therm location is different from mine. In my older performer the therm is in the 6 oclock position and the vent is on the 3 oclock. So the thermometer is off the fire and the vent directly over the food. Perfect right?
Well, Weber changed this not sure when, but now the thermometer is in the same plane as the vent. Meaning that if i i have my fire to the left and my food to the right and want the vent over the food the thermometer ends up right over the lit coals! WTH? Not sure what the logic is in this design change. I have attached some pictures (not mine) for reference.
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