Since I bought my Smokey Joe Gold to complement my 18.5" kettle, I have wondered - sincerely wondered - whether Weber didn't make a mistake in not designing the Gold and Platinum versions of its portable kettle with a scaled-down, removable ash can like the bigger kettles - and charging a few bucks more for the added expense.
I only had a chance to use my SJG once before a long and nasty winter hit and so I have yet to try the coal banking method described in a previous post to see if a workable "draw" can be created with the lid on + all vents open. We shall see.
In the meantime, though, I think that the SJG would have been better designed with a bottom ash can. The cheap, Chinese-made "Char Broil" 14" grills do have a bottom ash can - isn't it embarrassing for a cheap grill to have better airflow than a Weber?
I only had a chance to use my SJG once before a long and nasty winter hit and so I have yet to try the coal banking method described in a previous post to see if a workable "draw" can be created with the lid on + all vents open. We shall see.
In the meantime, though, I think that the SJG would have been better designed with a bottom ash can. The cheap, Chinese-made "Char Broil" 14" grills do have a bottom ash can - isn't it embarrassing for a cheap grill to have better airflow than a Weber?