Recommend a thermometer

[Sepanik1986]

Can someone recommend a thermometer that I can leave in my mashed tun. The one I have will read fine for 10 minutes then it gets to be about 50 degrees off and stays that way for about a week

 

[b-boy]

I've found that even waterproof probes on supposedly waterproof thermometers fail pretty quickly. It must be the heat. I've given up on them. I went through a bunch and they all failed and/or sucked.

If you want to leave it in your mash tun, I'd go with a thermowell setup. It involves drilling a hole through your mash tun, installing a thermowell, then a thermometer into the thermowell. It will be a permanent installation.

If you can live with taking occasional readings by hand, I'd go with a ThermaPen.

 

[Sepanik1986]

Ok that's what I was thinking. I'll stick with periodically checking

 

[Thesomeguy]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001VXZVNG/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Thats what I use and I enjoy it very much, I can put the lid back on the Mash Tun with it in the Tun with no issues.