Smokin' a shoulder on the mini-wsm today.

[bryanw21157]

Wish me luck, fellas...

The shoulder.  Brined and rubbed.


Starter coals


Loaded.  Mix of apple and hickory.  IMHO, you cant have too much apple and hickory!


Warming up...


This little piggy went to market...and got cut the **** up!


Sealed and probed.  See you this afternoon, piggy!


Only a hundred or so degrees to go

[bthorn9435]

Your missing one thing! A Weber compact chimney starter. Those things are great for doing small
amounts of charcoal. Use mine for the WSM and my Smokey Joe.

[bryanw21157]

I just put fewer coals in my big one...

[edhead35]

Can't wait to eat, I mean see the results.

[Chasing_smoke]

That's a hell of a start! Looks like you got this cook nailed! Can't wait for the final pics.


"my kettle is more powerful it will do almost anything."

[bryanw21157]

This is my first time doing one.  As long as its not raw or cooked to death, I will be happy.

I cant get over the versatility of the mini...especially for what it costs! 

[Mmmmm]

Your missing one thing! A Weber compact chimney starter. Those things are great for doing small
amounts of charcoal. Use mine for the WSM and my Smokey Joe.

I built my own compact starter out of a piece of 5" chrome exhaust pipe off of a semi truck we had laying around the shop. Wish I had known about the compact Weber starter!

[bthorn9435]

I used to start the coals in my full size chimney for Minion Method cooking. I
only use a small amount and the smaller chimney helps compact them together
for quicker and more even lighting. To your point the bigger one works as well,
just different.

[bryanw21157]

You can also turn the big one upside down to compact the coals together in an upside down pyramid

[bryanw21157]

F me...guess I moved the vent the wrong way.  Temp went down while I was running kids to camp.  Came back to falling temps in meat.  Added coals and opened vents...glad I wasnt eating this for dinner.

[bthorn9435]

You can also turn the big one upside down to compact the coals together in an upside down pyramid

I tried that the problem is the Weber cubes didn't care for it. If your using newspaper it
doesn't really matter.

[bryanw21157]

That's when I employ an empty beer can

[bthorn9435]

You had me at beer!!!

[Bman]

I tried that the problem is the Weber cubes didn't care for it.

Instead of flipping the entire chimney over, just pop the pyramid rack out and flip it over. 
That's what I did to my chimney. (After I read Gummi's post about the same thing)
Works really well for just firing up 10 or so briquets.  I plan on getting the smaller chimney, but until then...

Bryan - Other than the vent position mishap, curious to know how else this goes for ya.  Did you just pile all those chips on top of unlit coals?

[Duke]

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