Steve Haack
TVWBB Member
Hi folks, I've been dabbling in smoking food on my gas grill, but if everything goes as advertised tonight I will be the proud new owner of a basically pristine but old WSM 18.5", my first ever real smoker. The ad says used twice and the grates are still shiny in the pictures so I'm inclined to believe them. Based on the round door handle and the skinny legs I'm guessing it's at least 10 years old. Outside the obvious of missing the new bells and whistles of the updated models like the heat shield and the probe grommet, is there anything I should know about the old models that's different from info I'd find about new ones?
If I wanted to use it as-is no tools required or mods made, where do folks run the temperature probes on the old versions?
I already started looking at grommet kits for the brackets (I'm about to pay cash for a smoker, you know I'm ready to throw money at this) that wouldn't require me to drill into the side of this thing, but it doesn't look like any of them are large enough for the Thermoworks probes. Does anyone make them bigger than the 3/8"?
If I wanted to use it as-is no tools required or mods made, where do folks run the temperature probes on the old versions?
I already started looking at grommet kits for the brackets (I'm about to pay cash for a smoker, you know I'm ready to throw money at this) that wouldn't require me to drill into the side of this thing, but it doesn't look like any of them are large enough for the Thermoworks probes. Does anyone make them bigger than the 3/8"?