Warren Hickerson
New member
I'm a newbe to the forum but not to weber or cooking. I love my wsm but I'm planning on entering comp. next spring & need either a new wsm or more surface area. With that in mind I've started a 22 1/2 " wsm. If you look @ the wsm the base & top look identical. This is realy a simple idea, take the bases of 2 kettles, strip them down,removing the legs & leg sockets, vents, etc. invert one for a top & make short legs for the base of the other one ( details to follow later). A food grade barrell forms the center section cut down to appx. 24" high, I'm trying to do all this w/o welding, I have a welder but I'm trying to keep this simple. It has a brinkman charlcaol pan for water, 3 webber 22 1/2" grates for about 1200 sq. in. of cooking surface. So far I figure about 110.00 worth of parts, using old kettles.This is starting to look like it might work. With luck I might be able to break it in next weekend. I'll post pictures of smoker & food if I can figure out how. Wish me luck.