Shawn W
TVWBB Emerald Member
I added two top vents to my WSM today. I'll get some pics posted up later.
It went ok, but not perfect. One of the holes moved on me, I swear!! The center hole for one of the vents is off but not too much. The other thing ... ugh ... I used an 18V cordless drill with adjustable torque. I should have turned the torque down because the step bit grabbed on twice and bent the metal a bit and marked up some the enamel surrounding the affected holes. I think I'll touch up the finish with high temp black bbq spray paint.
I've got three additional vents to add to the bottom but I have a cook to do tonight so that will have to wait.
What am I trying to do? I've always had trouble keeping temp up. So between all the extra ventillation and the new clay pot saucer I got I hope to finally fix that .. even with 32 lbs of butt in the WSM.
Second I'm hoping the extra airflow will allow me to grill or try pizzas on stones up to around 600ºF of so. Extra airflow might even give up some great poultry skin.
Once all the vents are added I'll do a test burn to see how hot I can get it and post my results.
It went ok, but not perfect. One of the holes moved on me, I swear!! The center hole for one of the vents is off but not too much. The other thing ... ugh ... I used an 18V cordless drill with adjustable torque. I should have turned the torque down because the step bit grabbed on twice and bent the metal a bit and marked up some the enamel surrounding the affected holes. I think I'll touch up the finish with high temp black bbq spray paint.
I've got three additional vents to add to the bottom but I have a cook to do tonight so that will have to wait.
What am I trying to do? I've always had trouble keeping temp up. So between all the extra ventillation and the new clay pot saucer I got I hope to finally fix that .. even with 32 lbs of butt in the WSM.
Second I'm hoping the extra airflow will allow me to grill or try pizzas on stones up to around 600ºF of so. Extra airflow might even give up some great poultry skin.
Once all the vents are added I'll do a test burn to see how hot I can get it and post my results.