new Weber Charcoal baskets, Minion Style

[Jammato]

see these yet?



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Material and tool list in reply #8
more detailed pis start at replu #21

actually I made that

[Jammato]

[Jammato]

Actually I made those, bought a pair of the baskets and chopped

[Jammato]

punched a few holes where needed and cleaned up all the sharp edges

[Jammato]

then drilled a few holes to bolt them back together

[Jammato]

and ended up with a basket big enough for the minion method

[Hogsy]

That's a great idea Jammato!!! Let us know how it goes with the first cook
Have you got any pics of it in the kettle?

[1buckie]

Now we're talkin' !!!


That's a basket that could do some damage !!!


Good Show!!!!

Is that 1st one an actual Weber product?

[Jammato]

If you want to make a set, look close at the angles of the bends of the donor set. I used a angle duplicator to get them right so they will sit flat. took me all of 30 minutes

tools, 2 vise grips, used to hold and reform metal if it bent
1 phillps head screw driver
1 pump pliers
1 tin snips
1 hammer, to help flatten stuff bent out of wack
a small file to clean up sharp edges
1 punch, 7/8 size to open bottom hole so they align
drill motor and 5/16th bit
I angle duplicator tool

additional supplies where

6 small bolts i got out of my collection on the work bench
6 nuts
6 lock washers
12 flat washers

I disassembled the baskets and fiddled with the things, did a few measurements and set them aside last night
this morning I decided to do it, I first cut one of the baskets, I did not cut the bottoms except to take off the point I created, using the angle finder I cleaned up the cut then put the other basket on it to draw out where to cut it, remember to leave materials to bend so yo have overlap
then I cleaned that one up and put them in position, I needed to trim up some more. then I clamped them together to bolt the bottoms together. then a bolt in the side, next I cut one tab off each side piece, opposite sides guys. I then had to bend the bends a bit more and I set the tabs in the bottom and lined up the pieces and clamped them together and drilled for the first hole. Once I had that bolted I realigned the two outer sides and drilled another hole, then bolted and did the third

Voila, I had a long basket as shown that I could do a minion in

[Jammato]

Now we're talkin' !!!


That's a basket that could do some damage !!!


Good Show!!!!

Is that 1st one an actual Weber product?

No, I made that, I bought a set of baskets at Lowes yesterday to make these, been thinking of this all week

[1buckie]

Gotcha....the first picture looked a little different, but I can see it now....ingenious !!!!

[Jammato]

That's a great idea Jammato!!! Let us know how it goes with the first cook
Have you got any pics of it in the kettle?

I will be doing some ribs next weekend, will show those pics and report back then

[Jason]

Great idea there! I'm sure you will achieve a very long cook with that set-up.

[Sramsey]

that is sweet! I saw a bunch of these at my local Walmart on clearance. The boxes are thin and get torn up, so anyone ineterested in doing this, i would check them out. i dont recall the price, but must of been like a $2 off.

[WNC]

Hey Jammato, those look awesome! Nice craftsmanship, I was wondering of you have thought about packing them with unlit up to the center and putting the the lit in the middle to minion out to the edges (if that makes sense). I'm sure you have your own great ideas, but that was the first thing I thought of. Can't wait to see the experiments