Bob R in SC
New member
Hi y'all. I've been wanting to build a WSM mini for a long time. I've had the Smokey Joe for years, but I never saw the tamale pot and I've seen so many people with issues about fitting them correctly. Also, I have a Brinkmann Gourmet Charcoal Smoker that I modified with functioning bottom vents which has been working really well. But the bottom has rusted and the vents don't seal anymore so the temperature runs away. Since Brinkmann went bankrupt it's harder to find parts.
I was talking with my wife and she suggested I should get a smaller smoker, and I was seriously tempted by the 14" WSM, but then I remembered the mini idea and realized I could take the body off the Brinkmann, cut it and reform it to fit and have a mini. Except the Brinkmann body is taller than a tamale pot, hence the maxi-mini ;-)
I'll have some photos as I go along. I'm ready to pop rivet the body back together, so maybe I'll put some photos up tonight after I do that.
I was talking with my wife and she suggested I should get a smaller smoker, and I was seriously tempted by the 14" WSM, but then I remembered the mini idea and realized I could take the body off the Brinkmann, cut it and reform it to fit and have a mini. Except the Brinkmann body is taller than a tamale pot, hence the maxi-mini ;-)
I'll have some photos as I go along. I'm ready to pop rivet the body back together, so maybe I'll put some photos up tonight after I do that.