Recent content by Alan Keen

The Madeiran dish espetada which is beef skewers is traditionally cooked on bay wood fires.

Some before and after ratchet strap treatment. I'd say 80% better. I'm leaving the strap on overnight to see if it improves more. Cheers 😃

Ratchet strap! Excellent Idea! I shall report back in a few days :)

Hi folks I've seen a number of posts about reshaping the middle section of a WSM but the generally accepted methods seem to have some risk to them. My large WSM was blown over by the gales in the winter and put out of shape quite a bit. Before I start squashing it back into shape I thought I...

Update. The cannister valve was rotating on the canister body. A pipe wrench on the valve quickly unscrewed it!!

Anyone had this problem before? I am trying to remove the gas cartridge to fit a Weber adapter for bottled gas, but the canister just spin around on the regulator rather than unscrewing. The Lindal valve is quite basic and I can't think of anything to stop it unscrewing. Any advice...

Does anyone have any experience using the damper on a weber kettle? Cheers :)

Thanks for that !

Does anyone have any experience using the damper on a weber kettle?

The vendors said they were high temp rated. I will report back after a few uses.

Hi folks, I've got a large WSM, a one touch Platinum and just bought a 3rd gen performer as a refurb. project. I've just obtained a billows and smoke x4 to use primarily on the WSM. I see in the billows instructions it says tape over the other holes of the damper with the supplied flue tape. I...

I will let you know how I get on. Hopefully with a few photos. I found a couple of other probs. also. One of the Wheels fell off! The Starlock washer on one of the wheel hubs had failed and someone had just wound some insulation tape around the axle and the plastic cross member by that wheel...

Update. It is in fact a 3rd Gen performer.

Just started a restoration of the above. I was hoping someone has had success doing this before. The rack on the cart has moderate corrosion the majority of which came off easily with a metal scour pad. I tried getting into the wire joints with a razor scraper a la kettle club recommendations...

Thanks chaps. Great tips. Should it ever stop raining I will clean it out and inspect more closely!! Al :)