I have watched the PBC craze from the sideline the last few years. I almost bought a used one for $150 last fall but decided not to pull the trigger. I felt it was a fair deal, I just could not get over the fact that I have 3 WSMs, and the feeling that it was too similar to what I already had. I finally bought the rib hanger kit from gateway drums for the 18" and the 22" last week:
https://www.gatewaydrumsmokers.com/category-s/131.htm
The build quality is fantastic, and I think I am going to really like this. I put a chimney of fully lit weber charcoal in the 18", and then left every vent wide open. The WSM settled around 300, and it cooked the chicken for 1.5 hours according my picture timestamps. The result was some of the juiciest BBQ chicken the WSM has produced. I will be doing this much more, I am glad I purchased this new toy for my bigger WSMs.
Oh, and I did three marinated tri tips. I tried something new separating the two muscles before marinating/cooking. It may be my new method going forward.
https://www.gatewaydrumsmokers.com/category-s/131.htm
The build quality is fantastic, and I think I am going to really like this. I put a chimney of fully lit weber charcoal in the 18", and then left every vent wide open. The WSM settled around 300, and it cooked the chicken for 1.5 hours according my picture timestamps. The result was some of the juiciest BBQ chicken the WSM has produced. I will be doing this much more, I am glad I purchased this new toy for my bigger WSMs.
Oh, and I did three marinated tri tips. I tried something new separating the two muscles before marinating/cooking. It may be my new method going forward.