I want to order a kettle with a thermometer and an immersion wort chiller, will this work?

We don't recommend using fixed thermometers (weldless or weld in) on boil kettles that use immersion wort chillers to cool the wort. Most kettles aren't terribly wide, so they have a hard time accommodating a 2 or 6 inch probe and the wort chiller at the same time. Any damage to the probe by the wort chiller hitting it when putting it in or taking it out can lead to incorrect temperature readings over time. Second, and more important, cooling wort tends to have temperature gradients. Meaning, the top temps can be quite different from bottom temps, since heat rises. It is like when you put your toe in a pool and the water feels real warm at the top, but when you jump in you quickly realize that not all the temperature in the pool is the same. We find because of this effect a single fixed point of temperature reading might give you a temp reading very far off of the real temperature of the entire wort. A great solution is using a thermometer go through the notch in the lid and the dial face allows you to read the temperature easily. Another trick is to feel the outside of the kettle for a uniform coolness, from bottom to top. If the bottom of the kettle is as cool as the top, your wort will probably not get much cooler than that, and you are ready to transfer out of your kettle.

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