Jim Lampe
TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
with recommedations, from another forum member, a successful set-up to smoke using your kettle grill, foil the charcoal grate under the food and up to the charcoal (like this), 1/3rd grate space for coal, drape foil from food grate down to charcoal grate (i used bricks)... Worked Great! butt i didn't care to use MORE foil (as i use way too much already), sew,
I decided to do this.
It's 28gauge stainless steel cut to cover 2/3rds of the coal grate with a 4 and one-half inch rise to the food grate.
Started with paper-cardboard to make a rough pattern. Transferred that to this, 28 gauge stainless... easy enough to cut with tin snips. Which is exactly what i did. Then bent to a 90' degree at the slotted line.
Fits inside the 22.5" kettle fine...
Place a coupla bricks on it and it is good to go.
I'll be using it this weekend, an' i'm certain it'll work just fine.
No more foiling the coal grate, and being stainless, well... who cares, right?!
It's 28gauge stainless steel cut to cover 2/3rds of the coal grate with a 4 and one-half inch rise to the food grate.
Started with paper-cardboard to make a rough pattern. Transferred that to this, 28 gauge stainless... easy enough to cut with tin snips. Which is exactly what i did. Then bent to a 90' degree at the slotted line.
Fits inside the 22.5" kettle fine...
Place a coupla bricks on it and it is good to go.
I'll be using it this weekend, an' i'm certain it'll work just fine.
No more foiling the coal grate, and being stainless, well... who cares, right?!