Water Pan and other Modifications

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Hi Folks,

The Brinkmann water pan in the WSM is one great modification to this fine little smoker. Along with the extra capacity, this larger heat sink will make the cooker so much easier to operate. Old Dave is pretty lazy and does most of his smoking overnight and this larger pan will help control the temp for a longer period of time without any adjustments to the vents. I often have 2-3 of these cookers running overnight while I sleep and I don't even look at them for about six hours. You young bucks can stay up all night with your cookers but this old fellow need some sleep! The pan fits the cooker much better than the standard pan and there is much less chance of spilling water down on the coals. You folks that like to smoke cheese and jerky at a lower temp will just love this pan. Before TVWB got this modification, it was being used in over 40 WSM smokers. I have not had one complaint from the people using this pan. It just works better.

Now for "Weber Dave"-did you hear this?? My friend, I will send you a free pan with instructions on it's use if you will try it. I'll betcha you will throw the standard rinky-dink water pan in the trash. It does make a pretty nice flower planter.

To the gentleman that wanted to know the distance from the bottom of the pan to the fire ring. It is about 3 to 3-1/4 inch. I would like to know why this is important to you?

To the gentleman that found the same pan at Wally-World, please e-mail me as our stores don't carry parts for the Brinkmann cookers. I would like to purchase 4-5 more pans thru you if possible. I have tried to find this pan for about three years at a lower price.

For Chris, I need to apologize again for not getting my other good modifications to you on this cooker. I have three cookers to modify for friends and will get some pictures and info to you on my thermometer modification which will measure the top grate temp accurately and can also be pulled to measure the internal meat temp. My high temp baking project with this smoker is about complete. I have now done meatloaf, pizza, calzones, hearth bread, regular bread, cakes, stuffed bread sticks, over lump with a little hickory without using forced air to the bottom vent. I think the folks will love this method as there is nothing better than baking with a little smoke. I do a "killer" pineapple upside cake on the WSM that is about as good as it gets for a dessert.

Old Dave
 
Thanks for the info, Dave. Your modification sounds like a good one. Unfortunately, I don't actually have the WSM yet - my fiance stashed it in the garage and won't let me at it until my birthday in a couple of weeks. As a result, I'm not hands-on familiar with any of the internal dimensions of the cooker and/or how the original pan fits/doesn't fit. Hence my questions.

I was wondering about coal clearance because I was concerned that with a full charcoal load and a few hunks of wood the pan would actually be touching the coals/wood, perhaps causing vigorous boiling of the water in the pan. However, in addition to that question Chris asked another one that actually seemed more relevant, which is what is the clearance between the edge of the Brinkmann pan and the sides of the WSM. Any info you could provide on that would be appreciated.

Thanks again!

Rob
 
Hey Dave,

Glad to see you've joined us, and welcome! Hope you'll keep tabs on the BB conversations and post whenever you've got some WSM wisdom to share!

Something I want to clear up here and in another message I posted yesterday. The Brinkman replacement part being discussed here, #114-0002-0, is called "Charcoal Pan No. 10". Dave, there has been some confusion about whether you were using the Brinkman water pan or charcoal pan, and in your email to me you said water pan, but listed the part number above which is a charcoal pan. So again to clarify for everyone reading this, you want part number 114-002-0, the "Charcoal Pan No. 10".

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For those interested, here are the specs on the Brinkman charcoal pan:
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<LI>Outside diameter of pan rim: 15-1/16" (When placed over WSM pan, the Brinkman pan extends about 1/8" in all directions beyond edge of WSM pan. Thus, the distance between the edge of the Brinkman pan and the inside of the middle cooking section is reduced about 1/8" vs. the Weber pan, an insignificant difference.)
<LI>Width of pan rim: 1-1/16"
<LI>Inside diameter, top of pan: 12-7/8"
<LI>Inside diameter, bottom of pan: 8-1/2" (inside of pan curves down to a flat bottom)
<LI>Depth: 4-1/2"
<LI>Approx. distance between bottom of pan and top of charcoal ring: 3-1/4" (vs. 5-1/4" with the WSM pan)
<LI>Capacity: just under 2 gallons

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The wider rim makes the pan sit nicely on the flanges in the middle cooking section. My only criticism, which is minor: the pan construction (material and finish) is not as substantial as the WSM. The finish (not enamel porcelain) is thin and chips easily; in fact, my pan is already chipped on the edge and I haven't even used it yet.

Regards,
Chris

[This message has been edited by Chris Allingham (edited 05-06-2001).]
 
Rob,

There is adequate clearance between the fire and the bottom of the water pan unless your chunks of smoke wood are very large. This pan in the Brinkmann Gormet is very close to the fire. I have not had a boiling problem with the pan.

Chris,

Sorry about the confusion. The pan "is" the water pan used in the Brinkmann smokers. They do call it charcoal pan no. 10. I don't have the foggiest idea why they call it a charcoal pan when it is used to hold water.

Regards,

Dave
 
Wal-Mart sells the ECB for around 28 bucks. Buying one will give you both the water pan and the slightly larger charcoal pan as well as the unit itself, two cooking grates, three wood/metal handles, three legs.

After you've used the charcoal pan to upgrade the WSM's water pan (which if you buy separately costs about 15 bucks) you have all that other stuff to play with and use for interesting mods for only 13 or so bucks.

Bill
 
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