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Grill Talk => WSM: Weber Smokey Mountain => Topic started by: 3sSecurity on February 17, 2016, 01:37:05 PM

Title: Joining the WSM club
Post by: 3sSecurity on February 17, 2016, 01:37:05 PM: The mail man just came, and look what he brought

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Looking forward to using this thing. I've got a gasket kit and the cajun bandit door on the way. Going to fire up some coals tonight to burn off the factory juice all over it.

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Post by: shoebe on February 17, 2016, 01:39:53 PM: Enjoy, I really love mine
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Post by: Big Dawg on February 17, 2016, 02:15:44 PM: I remember the day I got my first one . . . .

Enjoy ! ! !

BD
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Post by: toolhead on February 17, 2016, 04:12:55 PM: Congrats..thats gona be fun to bolt together
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Post by: tb80 on February 17, 2016, 04:24:10 PM: Welcome to the WSM club. You will love it. Looking forward to seeing smoke come out of it.

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Title: Joining the WSM club
Post by: iCARRY on February 17, 2016, 04:36:42 PM: Fire that thing up nice and hot. Lots of smoke, lots of fatty chicken parts. Get it nice and seasoned. Congrats. Enjoy it.

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Title: Re: Joining the WSM club
Post by: 3sSecurity on February 17, 2016, 06:56:54 PM: Quote from: iCARRY on February 17, 2016, 04:36:42 PM
Fire that thing up nice and hot. Lots of smoke, lots of fatty chicken parts. Get it nice and seasoned. Congrats. Enjoy it.

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Sadly, I won't be able to season get in until next week (I'll be it off town this weekend). But I did get her going tonight and realized how bad the door leaks, and quite a bit from the lid too.

The rubber grommet for thermometer cables is a really good feature. Running them through the vent on my kettle is a bit annoying at times.

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Title: Re: Joining the WSM club
Post by: iCARRY on February 17, 2016, 07:06:55 PM: Gasket really helped mine. I didn't really have any other problem areas.
When I got mine, I picked up a few packs of chicken quarters and let the grease and smoke do their work. When it cooled off I just chucked them in the garbage.

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Title: Re: Joining the WSM club
Post by: SmokenJoe on February 17, 2016, 10:48:35 PM: Congrats on your "brand new" smoker. That's the way to get into the WSM club :) Once you get it greased up, just sit down some morning, start up a 10 hr load of coal, add some smoke wood, and start to learn the daisy-wheel setting(s) for your usual cook temps. My WSM can sit at 225-230 for hours (if I leave my hands off of it), you'll have fun learning your own personal smoker ... each one is the same and yet different. I love it. SJ
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Post by: Tommy B on February 18, 2016, 05:06:40 AM: If you are going to seal it I would not cook on it. You will have to clean/scrap any gunk off the metal for the gasket to adhere. I used my smoker for about a year before I installed the gasket. It took a lot of elbow grease and a plastic paint scraper to get the lip of the middle section perfectly clean.
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Post by: 1911Ron on February 18, 2016, 06:59:07 AM: The first time I fired mine up it leaked like crazy, but when I was done with the first cook it was sealed up nicely!
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Post by: swamprb on February 19, 2016, 03:07:17 AM: Enjoy!
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Post by: Lemans on February 20, 2016, 04:26:30 AM: (http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h339/njb1954/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10/C98E907C-2AD8-4850-8162-E41F4E78D798_zpsgkgeclbq.jpg) (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/njb1954/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10/C98E907C-2AD8-4850-8162-E41F4E78D798_zpsgkgeclbq.jpg.html)
Love mine!!!!