The instructions say to run it opposite your top vent. With the dome thermo in front, my vent is in back, so I've run the S&S across the front of my kettle. That has me reaching over top of the coals if I want to tend the meat, but on the other hand is convenient if I have to add coals or wood.
The dome thermo is really irrelevant, I could orient the top any way I want to. Do you put your S&S along the front, along the back, along the left side, or along the right side? And why did you choose what you chose?
Cookers:
Weber Kettle (used/fair condition; a gift).
Grilla OG.
Pit Boss 3-Burner Ultimate Lift-Off Griddle.
SnS Kettle.
Everything Else:
Sous Vide equipment.
Instant read and leave-in thermometers.
Grill Grates.
Kingsford Blue Bag, Royal Oak Lump Charcoal, Weber lighter cubes, Weber charcoal chimneys.
BBQr's Delight Hickory & Apple flavor pellets, propane torch, 6" smoke tube.
Grilla apple & hickory pellets, Royal Oak charcoal pellets.
Rubs with salt: Meat Church, Meathead.
Rubs without salt: SnS Grills Rocky's Rub and Not Just for Beef.
Rubs home-mixed: None at this time.
Spices: Lots of 'em.
I put my SnS on the side and drilled a hole for temp probes on the opposite side. One kettle is a mirror image of the other in case I have both fired up and want to put my small metal table (2' square) between them for my ChefAlarms. Both kettles have the hinged cooking grate. I can get to everything from the front using this setup. My dome thermometer is 180 degrees opposite the exhaust vent on both kettles, so it sits over the SnS.
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We have two weber kettle grills (one LARGE and one small/average), the SnS and the Weber Smokey Mountain 18" smoker. We use both natural lump charcoal and KNB for smoking and measure our temps with a Maverick 733, thermopen and MK4. Favorite beer depends on what is cooking (alt answer is yes).
I have mostly been putting the SnS on the left as I am standing in front of the kettle. I've started to become concerned about so much heat so close to the hard plastic roller that the lid slides on, so I try to remember to put the SnS in the back, but usually on such autopilot that I forget and load it on the left. I do NOT put it in the front b/c I don't want to reach over hot coals. Been there done that once. Miff said about that.
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Nate my setup is similar to yours except I hang the lid on the left side. In your first pic my lid would be next to the handle on side farthest from the camera.
Left to right. My Performer Deluxe has the lid holder on the left, so I put the SnS on that side and the vent on the right. That makes handling the meat easier. Because the lid holder is on the left, I mounted the CyberQ blower on the right. However, the lid holder causes the lid to rest at an angle that interferes with the SnS, so I normally wind up setting the lid to the side if I have to do anything with the Sns.
If you were adding a DigiQ or similar to your kettle, and you ran the S&S along the right side, would you place the bottom vent under the charcoal, or under the top vent?
If you were adding a DigiQ or similar to your kettle, and you ran the S&S along the right side, would you place the bottom vent under the charcoal, or under the top vent?
I'd place the vent on the side opposite the SnS so I don't have air blowing into the ash that falls from the SnS. Works great! I love my Party Q.
Mosca, Tom, I am going to Post Pics of how I have Mounted the DigiQ-2 and Pit Viper Fan on my older Weber Performer! My S 'n S is on the Left Side of the Weber, My DidgiQ-2 Fan is Mounted on the Front RT between the Max Sweep marks Left by the Ash Sweep and down about 3/4"-1" below the Coal Grate! I have a Wire Accessory Shelf on the RT Side that hangs off of 3 Tabs onto the Kettle! The Control Panel on a Magnetic Mount Sits on the Shelf and Fan, Probes and Electrical Transformer all plug into the Control Panel! Tom one word of Caution when you close off the Vents on the Weber it is Best to Close Off the Air Control Slide on the Fan! If you don't don't it possible for Heat to be Drawn into the Fan as the Grill starves for Air! One other thing, Tom, In my application the DigiQ-2 Fan provides 100% of the Air to the Coals (bottom vents CLOSED) to assist that Air Flow I had my Furnace Man Cut a SS Baffle of 20 Ga SS Sheetmetal basically a 17 1/2" Circle with 4 1/2" Sheared Off to fit the S 'N S front edge! The Circle could have been slightly larger perhaps 18 1/4"? Eat Well and Prosper! From a Backyard Cremator in Fargo ND, Dan
Mosca, Tom for some Damned Reason every Since the Sight Transition I have had Nothing but Problems when Posting Pics! Tom, I am going to send you the Pics via eMail! I hope, from a Backyard Cremator in Fargo ND, Dan
So I should either run the S&S along the right, and put both the top vent and the DigiQ on the left, or put the S&S in the back, and the top vent and DigiQ in front. Got it.
I vote for SnS on the right. The hood vents on the left with the hood thermometer right over the SnS. And the DigiQ fan on the left side.👍 I think that's how Pit Boss suggests on his website.
On my Performer, (an older one with the gas start), for slow & slow, I put the SnS in the front.
For hot and fast cooks, I put the SnS on the left hand side.
The lid vent is positioned across from the SnS, in both set-ups.
The only reason, for putting it on the left, is that it's easier to access the gas start, for the chimney starter. If it wasn't for that, I'd leave the SnS in the front.
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