Don Hilliard
TVWBB Fan
This morning as I was firing up my WSM I used my Smokey Joe to hold the chimney. I set the lid aside unaware of the revelation I was about to have. As the charcoal was ashing over I disassembled the WSM and placed the water pan next to the Smokey Joe lid. I put the WSM back together after adding my charcoal using the ECB (Brinkmann)pan that I always use now and then I saw the light. I had not one, but two Smokey Joe lids except one did not have a handle or vent. The two were identical except for the afore mentioned items. As I investigated this phenomena I realized that the reason the pan does not hold enough water and almost falls into the charcoal is that it's not a pan, but lid flipped upside down. Maybe Weber should put a bigger lip on the lids so that the pans fit better. Anyway I found this to be a little amusing and I guess Weber saves a dollar or two on each WSM. If Weber is listening, please change 3 things, bigger water pan, put in a hole to mount a thermometer, and fix the charcoal grate. I'd pay the extra couple of bucks so that I don't have to fix these things myself.
By the way I'm doing a modified recipe of BRITU that I plan to cook for about 5 to 6 hours at 230*F. I'll let you know how they come out.
Don
By the way I'm doing a modified recipe of BRITU that I plan to cook for about 5 to 6 hours at 230*F. I'll let you know how they come out.
Don