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Best first cook is chicken. Fast, tough to mess up, and if the temp shoot up (which is common with new units) you're fine. Plus it will get some grease in the smoker which is good for seasoning IMO.

Agree with above: i cook boneless skinless (cutlets here in NY) mostly for use on a ceaser salads or for chopping up for other recipes. If they're thick, i pound flat or slice thinner to promote even quick cooking. If im grilling chicken to eat on its own, its skin on, and bone in. Without the...

I dont clean my "keepers" on the inside because i think the seasoning helps. i just scrape the grates. On grills i sell on craigslist i give them a thorough cleaning and get them as close to new as i can. My method: 1 .Remove any loose ash by dumping or brushing. I have a long handled brush...

David, in the past year i have bought and sold quite a few performers on craigslist so i am very familiar with them. The link Robert shared above http://weberkettleclub.com/grills/weber-performer-history/ is a great guide. The Gen 1 stainless performers were very unique and are beloved by...

It appears that for $75: The work is already done, bottom cut out, hardware mounts drilled, and SS hardware is included. $45 for additional labor parts and shipping seems like a good deal IMHO.

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my set up is basically a DIY hovergrill.

Try bending first and see how far you get. If it doesnt work order replacement. They can be found on ebay as well.

+1 on what all they above said. Cooker first, butt at the end.

I've been doing pizza alot on a 22" OTG and the keys are: 1. Raise the stone up close to lid so heat from lid comes over the top to cook the top and bottom evenly 2. The stone needs a long slow preheat. I agree your statement, i don't want to fire up the oven is the summer. To do this i...

Kirk, thats my set up too. Performer does vast majority of cooking and a cragslist OTG does high heat pizza.

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A dual probe (one for meat temp one for pit temp) therm like the maverick or similar will give you much more accurate results than any dial therm will. A thermometer on the lid will tell you the temperature at the lid, but not at the grate were the food is. A probe on the same grate as your...

If you don't want to do an overnighter start at 5 am and cook at 275. You'll be done mid afternoon (8 hours for 10 lb'ers is my average) and they can rest foiled wrapped in a dry towel and placed in a cooler. Gives you some wiggle room on time so if cooks slower due to mass and takes an extra...

Here's the updated grate

The Flipped grate idea sounds cool but its too shallow for most foods. Chicken wings would work but i dont know much else. Here is a quick photo when i did the initial mod. I have improved since by adding a fourth bolt, and flipping the bolts so the bolt head is on top like this (not my...

the Water pan full or empty acts as a heat deflector. since the bottom grate is right over the bowl, its gets more heat deflected away. My bottom rack, with an empty foiled water bowl is often 25 degrees cooler then the top. Some possible solutions: If you are using a guru, set the guru at...

I have been using a 2nd hand weber chimney with my gas assist performer but i had two issues: The grate of the chimney itself is very high in the chamber as it was designed to allow space for news print in the bottom of the chimney. The Flames on the gas assist burner are at their hottest...

I've heard this for years, but when I got my WSM this year was pleasantly surprised. My dome therm is usually close to my maverick which is boiling water tested as accurate. Either I'm lucky or weber has improved the therms. I still use the Maverick but it's nice to have the peace of mind...

I do ribs with butts. At 275 butts are +/- 8 hrs and STL spares are +/- 4 hours. I often foil butts when ribs go on. I foil ribs for 1-2 hours at the 2-2.5 hr mark. Keep and eye on temp discrepacy between upper and lower racks. My lower runs 25 deg. cooler then my upper rack.