I posted this on another site, but thought I would share it here as well. A few years ago I bought 2 Smokey Joe Platinum's from Ace Hardware during a Christmas sale for $20 each after rebate. I was never really happy with the way they cooked, as the temps wouldn't get much above 400 for grilling due to the faulty design of the vent holes. I couldn't find a used WSM, so I decided to get a ProQ stacker and turn it into a smoker. I won't bore you with all the details, but it never really worked to get decent stable temps as a smoker either. So it sat in the garage for the past 2 years. I recently did score a WSM and had no need for a wood smoker, and was at the point of pitching the SJP in the trash until I saw a gas conversion a guy did at TVWBB, and was inspired. I had an old Go Anwhere gasser, so I started tinkering again, and here is the result.
I drilled a 7/8 inch hole between the air vents on the right side for the GA burner tube.
I secured the burner tube on the opposite side with 2 angle brackets bolted together and bent down slightly. The vent cover was permanently attached with a bolt from the outside, which also holds the gas burner bracket in place
I had previously installed SS bolts in the bowl to accommodate a standard 18.5 cook grate, but in this case installed a spare 22.5 charcoal grate I had over the burner tube. On top of the grate, there is a small wood chip smoker box installed under the deflector plate from the GA gasser
The stacker middle section has brackets from an old ECB installed for water pan and mid level grate support. Then there are 3 one inch SS bolts at the top for an upper grate.
The finished product.
I did a dry run yesterday, and with the smoker chip box full and some water, I was able to get a good stable 240 (setting the dial 1/2 way between low and medium) and got great smoke for about an hour from the chips.
I am not a huge fan of gas smokers, but I am very pleased with the results and it gave me a project to work on built out of stuff just laying around the garage. Once I get a cook done on it, I will report back with the results.
Thanks for your interest!
I drilled a 7/8 inch hole between the air vents on the right side for the GA burner tube.



I secured the burner tube on the opposite side with 2 angle brackets bolted together and bent down slightly. The vent cover was permanently attached with a bolt from the outside, which also holds the gas burner bracket in place


I had previously installed SS bolts in the bowl to accommodate a standard 18.5 cook grate, but in this case installed a spare 22.5 charcoal grate I had over the burner tube. On top of the grate, there is a small wood chip smoker box installed under the deflector plate from the GA gasser


The stacker middle section has brackets from an old ECB installed for water pan and mid level grate support. Then there are 3 one inch SS bolts at the top for an upper grate.


The finished product.

I did a dry run yesterday, and with the smoker chip box full and some water, I was able to get a good stable 240 (setting the dial 1/2 way between low and medium) and got great smoke for about an hour from the chips.
I am not a huge fan of gas smokers, but I am very pleased with the results and it gave me a project to work on built out of stuff just laying around the garage. Once I get a cook done on it, I will report back with the results.
Thanks for your interest!