Adapting a WSM 14.5 for grilling...

[DHart]

Has anyone done this? Perhaps by putting a pair of doubled-up charcoal grates on the mid-section cooking rack, and then putting the coals on that mid-section cooking rack - about 5" below the top cooking rack? The charcoal ring could be used there, as well.

Cool way to make the WSM more versatile?

 

[DHart]

With the above method, the water pan could be lined with foil and used to catch ash.

No one's tried this idea? I would love to be able to grill with the Weber Smokey Mountain.

 

[Jim C in Denver]

Folks use their WSM as a grill all the time. Especially if camping or tailgating. See link below.

But most on here would do their real grilling on a Weber gasser or kettle.

A 13.5 inch cooking grate is pretty small to begin with. And it gets even smaller if (as most charcoal grillers do) you set it up in a two-zone configuration. A 22" kettle is a much better tool for grilling. Doesn't take up a lot of space and can be obtained easily off of Craigslist for few dollars.

A WSM is a great smoker but a meh grill. A kettle is a great grill but a meh smoker.

Grilling On The Weber Bullet - The Virtual Weber Bullet

Several approaches to grilling on the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker are shown, all of which require bringing hot charcoal and cooking grate closer together.

www.virtualweberbullet.com

 

[DHart]

Folks use their WSM as a grill all the time. Especially if camping or tailgating. See link below.

But most on here would do their real grilling on a Weber gasser or kettle.

A 13.5 inch cooking grate is pretty small to begin with. And it gets even smaller if (as most charcoal grillers do) you set it up in a two-zone configuration. A 22" kettle is a much better tool for grilling. Doesn't take up a lot of space and can be obtained easily off of Craigslist for few dollars.

A WSM is a great smoker but a meh grill. A kettle is a great grill but a meh smoker.

Grilling On The Weber Bullet - The Virtual Weber Bullet

Several approaches to grilling on the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker are shown, all of which require bringing hot charcoal and cooking grate closer together.

www.virtualweberbullet.com

That's a great link, thank you... discusses precisely what I was thinking about doing.

I do have the Weber Smokey Joe (Kettle 14.5") so, I'd probably use that rather than grilling on the WSM 14.5 - but I may give that a try just for fun.