I am thinking about pulling the trigger on a Party Q tonight. Does anyone have know of anything I should consider before I do this. I will be using it on a Weber kettle with smokenator and eventually a WSM. Thanks is advance for your input.
I have the exact same setup and I love it. In addition to drilling a hole for the fan unit, I also drilled a small hole close to it to run the temp probe through. Put a piece of duct tape over where you want to drill to make it a little easier. I love that the partyq is battery powered so you don't need to find an outlet to plug it in.
It's probably about halfway between where I put the smokenator and the other side of the kettle. In other words, if the smokenator was a straight line connecting the 10 and 2 on a clock, the partyq would be at about the 8'oclock mark.
I love my Party Q and its battery operation over my Digi Q with its power cord. I recommend getting some rechargeables, they last me through entire butt and brisket cooks and I just swap them before a cook. That being said, the more airtight the smoker, the better the Q does. I use mine on my two Weber kettles but with the One Touch ash catcher they leak a lot of air in. I put strip magnets over the ash carcher intakes and it helps the Q a lot on the kettles.