Goofy Question


 
Dan Hadd

Dan Hadd

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Hey guys,

I want to set up my WSM 22.5 on my back deck for this winter... and was wondering due to the heat shield on the bottom of the smoker
if it would be ok to use an insulated sheath under the smoker, and use another for insulating the smoker itself...
or would a snow covering on the deck prevent burn damage?




Danhadd in Spokane
 
Most use a large oil drip pan or a grill mat or large concrete pavers. IMO the amount of heat radiating down from a WSM is nothing to worry about, the occasional stray coal and grease drips are.

Tim
 
The heat shield won't help with three other dangers that come to mind: sparks from using lump, dropped coal when dumping lit from a chimney, and the smoker getting knocked over by an animal. Be very careful.
 
Hey,
Thanks for the info and the advice... I'm using briquets from here on out...
I'm especially care with the lit charcoal in the chimney...
Recently I saw a vid on youtube (forgot who made it... could have been surfinsapro) where the charcoal chamber was full and then lit by Weber stater cubes in the charcoal chamber not a chimney starter...
Is this wrong? Or is it for High Hat cooks? I believe he was cooking a brisket...
 
I have been using the starter cubes in the bottom of a chimney for years. I never thought of simply putting the cubes directly onto the coal pile. Does doing it that way take a lot more time to reach cruising temp?
 
Sandy, I'm not sure how much more, but yes, you ought to have enough time to kill one beer before putting the meat on. :)
 
That's the way Weber suggests in their manuals.... as far as I know that method does take a little longer to light all coals which should give you enough time to get the meat ready to be put on to smoke... I only asked because I saw a vid on youtube, and the person was putting 2 cubes in the in the center of his
charcoal pile and then lighting the cubes... it gave him a 2 beer advantage over his 18.5 WSM.
As for myself.. I'm a starter chimney guy....
 
THANX DAVE & DAN. I will give this method a shot since it eliminates having to pour hot coals with the possibilty of getting a hotfoot.

Actually, I did a smoke this summer where I poured the hot coals onto the pile, then 15 minutes later smelled burning paper. One hot coal had somehow fallen and bounced right into an open, mostly full bag of K. I smelled it first, then saw the brown hotspot eating thru the bag from the inside out...:eek:

I had to empty out the bag and stomp out the lit parts... :o
 
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