New water on older WSM?


 

Matt A 3

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I have an "older" (i.e. pre-2009) WSM. For longer cooks I use the Brinkman charcoal bowl as a water pan as suggested on these pages. It works wonderfully although the Brinkman pan hangs down pretty low and is close to the charcoal.

Since the new 18.5" WSM advertises a larger water pan, I'm thinking of ordering one as a replacement part from Weber.

In another thread folks are complaining about limited clearance from the charcoal even with the new Weber pan.

Can anyone comment on which actually gives more clearance (the Brinkman charcoal bowl vs. the new Weber water pan)?

Much appreciated!
Matt
 
Matt, I have a new 18.5 WSM. I use a Brinkman charcoal bowl instead of the larger Weber water pan that came with the unit. The Brinkman charcoal bowl has more clearance...alot more! I didn't actually measure the clearance but it appears to be the same as on the old 18.5 WSM.
 

 

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