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The ranch looks cool, but there is something nice about having a pair of ordinary 22 inch kettles. You can use one for small parties, and move up to two for larger. and you can have one hot and one cooler, for different purpses. you can have a chicken turning in one, and have the other for...

Thanks guys. I think I'll keep on my practice of adjusting all three vents. I mean, I rarely do high temp on the wsm anyway. I have a weber kettle for high temp cooking. I was just curious about doing a roast chicken in the wsm. So the wsm, just spends almost all its time with the top...

Before a cook, rub down the grills with a paper towel soaked in vegetable oil. (As a side benefit, this paper towel is then used as a fire starter in the chimney starter). This keeps everything clean, and also prevents meat from sticking to the grill, which is what causes a mess in the first...

Just finished a lovely chicken from my 18 wsm. And it led to a question about whether it's better to finely tune each of the three bottom vents, or just fully open and fully close, some others. It seems to me that there really are two settings. The top vent is always fully open by the way...

I plan to place the middle and top of my wsm 18, on the base of an 18 inch otg. for low and slow, I plan to open the top vent, use the ash sweepers to close the bottom air entry, and use a stoker to feed air to the hybrid machine. So the question is, what's the best way to connect a stoker to...

A variant of the method below. Place several small pieces of lump charcoal in a glass jar with a wide mouth. Fill the jar with vegetable oil, perhaps cheap canola oil. The charcoal absorbs the oil. Over the next several weeks, when starting a grill, a smoker or a wood fire, pluck one...

Yeah, I can see how that 22 incher would be awkward to lift off. Using the door on the big one makes sense.

I don't use the access door (dry ceramic bowl in place of water pan) so I actually followed the advice in the Low and Slow book, and just sealed it shut. Had my buddies down at the metal fab shop, cut a thin, 22 gauge piece of stainless sheet metal and rivet it tight over the opening. I have...

I pull the foil out of the box. Throw the box away. Start a tear at one edge, then just tear off a sheet, using the roll itself as a brace. You get a pretty even edge.

I am going to start using my woodpile of pure, dry, maple for smoking in my wsm. It is already split into fireplace size pieces, so I plan to just split it down some more. I would not have fist sized chunks, but would have lengths about a fist sized wide, but about a foot long, just narrow...

I"m curious about the difference between stainless steel grills and the nickel plated grills. What do people think of the pros and cons?

I really like the reusability idea in that one. When empty take scissors and cut up a hundred squares. stuff them all in a huge glass jar with a cup of veggie oil and cover. Pull our a reused, clean, fire starter when needed. John N <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div...

I use the starter in the grill iself. I don't even own a chimney. The pile of charcoal in the grill (either just piled up or inside a grate box) has a chimney effect. Just shoot the flame down into what looks like the base of a nice chimney pile. <BLOCKQUOTE...

Just bought a bag of hickory chunks from my bbq store. Oh lord help me, the cost of this stuff. Yikes. Ok. Question is this. I have two cords of tinder dry maple hard wood, split and ready for my fireplace. Sure would be cheaper to use this supply. I know the answer is "try it and see...

Ok. So tell me what you think about this configuration. Because I think it would work. And esp Larry R. Lemme know, bro. This mod is on a wsm 18. It is for someone using no water. I want room for the fire. So instead of putting in a shallow Brinkman, I just remove the water pan...

Wow. After years of using my propane torch to light the charcoal, I tried the oil and paper towel method. I like the idea of wiping the machine clean first. Grill, or metal outsides to avoid rust. And I didn't use a chimney. My char basket stacks the coals about three or four high, so I...

OK, here's my first attempt at linking a photo. This shows my five pound, triggered, starter. http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmnoble/5097895296/ <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by...

I agree. The trigger propane torch is a great charcoal lighter. A recent modification happened when my one pound ball ran low. I had a five pound ball with a long length of hose, ending in the kind of fitting that the one pounders use. Much better. The problem with the one pounder is...

I have started to wipe the grills with an oil soaked paper towel, but it's mainly becuase that towel is my fire starter. <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by TravisH: Nope </div></BLOCKQUOTE>