Recent content by Tim McG

The website (Wired) complains that I had an ad-blocker installed, so I couldn't read the article. I can pay $1 a week to get access, but I think I am going to pass :D

I've had that too, and luckily it ended up on the shield and not the deck or driveway

When I finally moved from gas to charcoal, I put the old POS gas grill out at the curb. Sure enough, within 10 minutes a neighbor asked about it and wheeled it down the street to her yard. 5 years later and it's still sitting there, never been used since. Awesome find for you. I need...

On my WSM, which sits unused for a lot longer than my one-touch gold, I leave the top and one bottom vent cracked open to let a little airflow move through when it sits in my garage. I heard it is good to do in case any moisture is in there, so that it'll dry out and not sit/get moldy. Do you...

I upgraded to the Craycort cast iron in my OTG and love them so far!

you'll do fine with the 18. i have the same and it's just me, my wife, and our newborn. i've smoked pork ribs, beer can chicken, turkey breasts, and a pork shoulder or two on mine over the past few years and never felt like i needed to go bigger.

love the patios in the pictures posted above. i have a concrete patio next to my detached garage, and i plan on extending the garage roof to cover the patio to have something similar one day

I used to foil them but the extra effort didn't seem to make too much of a difference. I now just season them and throw them on at 250-275 for about 4.5-5 hours. I baste at the 3 hour mark, and slather on some bbq sauce towards the end.

Nothing special - just smoked a slab of baby back pork ribs over the weekend on my 18" wsm and took a few pics. before: during: after:

thats grounds for revoking a man card!!

Thanks guys. I've just been brushing/coating with oil as the OTG is heating up, then after the cook I just brush them off.

I have the Craycort CI grates on my OTG kettle and they're great

what a find...hope you can keep it in the family and put it all to good use!!

Got a Craycort cast iron grill grate for my Weber OTG for Christmas and haven't gotten a chance to use it yet. Anyone here have any tips or recommendations for first time use? I think I read it will need to be seasoned before/after each use...

your pictures make me want to leave work and go smoke something. too bad it's freezing cold and snowing in NJ right about now...