temp. probe through the door?

Don't forget if you put a hole in your smoker you lose the warrenty. On top of that, you open up the chance to get moisture indide the door insulation. Use a secondary probe through the hole if you have concerns of the inside temp.

One question would be why do you feel you need to know the inside temp while you are smoking? As smoking, you are going over hours and not minutes like a grill. It is a fact that there are temp swings as others have supported from 5 up to 20 degrees but over the cook you get your avg. temp to be what you dialed in.

I only check the internal if I feel there may be a couple cooks that took too long but after testing that recently, it was just fine.

I like to trend the internal temps and compare them each time I smoke, so I kind of know what to expect. I started doing with my old smoker and I guess I got use to doing it. You make a good point about the warranty; I think I will use my extra Polder to do this.

Thanks.