wsm 18

Howdy yall; been a while since I've been here but alas another grilling and smoking season is upon us. I was planning on celebrating this Father's day(my first as a father as well) by smoking a brisket on my 18" WSM. It's not my first cook with the WSM but it is my first brisket on it. Looking...

I found a WSM 14 on Fb Marketplace. She said that it had only been used once. From the looks of the inside, she was telling the truth. I grabbed it at a decent price. Then, the cleanup. One of the nice things about the 14 is that it can be disassembled and cleaned right in the kitchen. After...

Got home from work on Thursday and decided to fire up the 22" kettle for a little dinner. Lit about 3/4 chimney of Kingsford Pro and added some unlit coals for good measure. Then crammed some legs on the indirect side of the cooking grate After the legs were done, I add a few more...

So I picked up a 20 year old WSM 18 for $20 yesterday. After cleaned it all up today I noticed some rust in the bottom (water had been sitting) and found a small hole had rusted through. The only thing that hits that area is coal ash, and I was thinking of putting a layer of furnace cement in...