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Grill Talk => Weber Grill Forum (Grills, Accessories) => Topic started by: fedex on April 24, 2015, 03:23:57 PM
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Fun project and so far a rock solid performer. Holding steady between 250-270 for the last 3 hours. I was just going to load it up and let it run but I decided to break it in since there were no issues. Chicken Wings.
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Thanks for looking.
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I love mine! Enjoy!
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I love it! I am definitely doing this soon.
Where did you get your pot?
What, if anything, are you using for a charcoal ring and diffuser?
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I love it! I am definitely doing this soon.
Where did you get your pot?
What, if anything, are you using for a charcoal ring and diffuser?
Hey @jcnaz , this is sweet!! Got the pot from Walmart. $19.99 on sale now. Had it shipped to my nearest FedEx for free shipping. Thermometer on sale on Amazon $8.99 and it's only 6 deg higher than my Maverick. No charcoal ring yet just put a full mini chimney unlit. No disfuser. Not sure you need one. I do have an older chargriller water bowl that fits perfect. Used standard Kingsford.
Here is the temp after 5 1/2 hours.
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Looks great! Have a 1970's Joe looking into building a Mini soon.
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Right on! I built mine a couple weeks ago with the IMUSA pot from Walmart. I've done 2 cooks and like it so far. I'm sure you will too. My build was posted here too.
Oh, the vasconia pots are on sale if your looking to build a mini. I ordered one to build one for my dad. There's another post with the link
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Next cheap smokey joe that pops up on Craig's list will be transformed.
Yours looks great!
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That's a nice looking mini!
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I'm thinking of turning my smokey joe silver into a WSM as well. Did you put something over the vent holes at the bottom to keep them from getting clogged? Or have you found it not to be an issue?
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Tom, a relatively low, wide tin can with holes/vents cut in the perimeter can shield ash from clogging the bottom vent. 12 oz tuna can for example. But to be honest I have a hard time visualizing this since ash will still fall against the little holes in the tin can.
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I'm thinking of turning my smokey joe silver into a WSM as well. Did you put something over the vent holes at the bottom to keep them from getting clogged? Or have you found it not to be an issue?
Well, it didn't happen this time. I burned every briquette in 7 hours but I can see where that could be an issue. Jump off that bridge when I get there.
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Made a mini smokey Joe smoker yesterday followed direction to a tee tried smoking a tenderloin today could not get temp above 150 use two different thermometers.where did I go wrong.
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I use the steamer part with holes to hold a tera cotta heat diffuser.
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I use the steamer part with holes to hold a tera cotta heat diffuser.
Maybe it's too diffused?
with the steamer flat & the terra cotta both, it may block too much rising heat?
Haven't built one, but from the description, that seems logical......
Let's get some pros in on this...
@fedex
@Nate
@ Anybody with a Mini......
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@Butch can you post pics of your setup? Maybe start a new post too for this.
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I use the steamer part with holes to hold a tera cotta heat diffuser.
Maybe it's too diffused?
with the steamer flat & the terra cotta both, it may block too much rising heat?
---^ This is what I'm thinking too.
@Butch Top vent 100% open? How open were the bottom, or side vents?
How many fully lit coals did you start with?
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My setup:
Full mini chimney in a nice little pile.
6 lit Kingsford briquettes & 1chunk of Apple wood.
No disfuser
Bottom vents just cracked top wide open.
Settled in at around 260 and never got as high as 280.
Just about the same method I use when cooking on my UDS.
Try again without the disfuser.
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I love it! I am definitely doing this soon.
Where did you get your pot?
What, if anything, are you using for a charcoal ring and diffuser?
@jcnaz I use the steamer tray as my diffuser and i took some expanded metal and made a ring.
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@tomtappel something similar to what 1buckie's pictures posted above works great. I've got something similar, and it definitely keeps the ash from clogging up the vent holes.
Yourself, Tommy ( @Lowbrass ) and I need to get together... sooner, rather than later...
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A smoke out, let's do it bob
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@Butch this is what I did
When I first made my mini I drilled a bunch of holes on the bottom then I used the steamer platform(what you put the food on if it was a seamer) to set my terra cota plate on. This worked at times and sometimes I just could not get the heat up. So last year I did this.
I noticed this the most when I switched from a SJG bottom to a SJS(I did this because grilling on a gold kinda sucked)
Original config
Steamer platform pic
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w/ Terra Cata plate
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The mod that works great
Cut out bottom
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Install bolts for diffuser plate
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New diffuser plate with bolts to keep it from shifting all over
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