Vortex with WSM 22?

[Josh - CT]

I have seen some videos where people are sitting a vortex on the lower grate and cooking wings on the top grate. Does anyone have this setup? If so, is it the medium size for the 22 WSM? How were your results?

-Josh

 

[Ken Barth]

I do this. Excellent results always and very easy.

 

[Ken Barth]

Oops sorry, I guess I don't read. I don't do this on my WSM, I use my 22 kettle.

 

[DanHoo]

I have seen some videos where people are sitting a vortex on the lower grate and cooking wings on the top grate. Does anyone have this setup? If so, is it the medium size for the 22 WSM? How were your results?

-Josh

Lower grate as in the lower food grate?

 

[BFletcher]

This is evidence that I rarely leave this site, lol. I've never read of anyone using a Vortex in their WSM. For wings on my Kettle the Vortex is my exclusive means.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

I use mine on the kettle, never considered using it on the WSM.

 

[Colin]

Lower grate as in the lower food grate?

DanHoo has a good question. Super hot coals may be a little hard on a plated cooking grate, but I would bet it would work.
Watching.

 

[Scott Fischer]

I have the smaller vortex in my 14.5, works great, I put it on the lower coal grate.

 

[Jim C in Denver]

Several ways to do this.

Simplest way is to put the charcoal grate onto the water pan brackets.

If you find the distance from the coals to the top cook grate too big, then you have to raise the charcoal grate up a bit.

You can install some extra grate brackets. Or use the charcoal chamber and another charcoal grate.

Chris explains using the 18.

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[Josh - CT]

Here are two examples of others doing this on Youtube: