A bigger better basket case

[56MPG]

What's going on here?

Ahhh, another one of Marty's harebrained schemes, and twenty minutes to spare.

Simple enough: four holes, four screws, no cutting.

18" wide, 5" deep. Makes for about a 1/3 - 2/3 area on a 22.5" kettle.


Holds a full chimney of unlit coals. Room for wood chunks and lit coals if you cheat a little.


Thanks for  watching!

[mhiszem]

Neat, at first I thought it was adjustable.

[Kneab]

That is perfect.
I know what I am making for my 26er when I get home.
Thank you @56MPG 👍

[56MPG]

Neat, at first I thought it was adjustable.

Couple more holes and it will be...

[LightningBoldtz]

Marty, I like that a lot, it is like a slow and sear lite.

I can see a lot of value doing this for my kettle pizza setup.

[greenweb]

Fantastic! Nice clear pics. I had the same idea to make one but without any screws. Is this about the same size as the Slow and Sear?

[Davescprktl]

Great idea gota try this.

[LightningBoldtz]

I could see tricking that out with some expanded steel and doing s lite version of what @MacEggs does.

[56MPG]

I don't have a S&S, so can't compare. My thought was to keep it as simple as possible. I couldn't come up with a no-screw version in my head, so I went with this. I figured everyone has baskets and could cobble this up in no time. Much as I like to tinker, if Weber made a bigger basket like this, I'd be a customer.

[greenweb]

I don't have a S&S, so can't compare. My thought was to keep it as simple as possible. I couldn't come up with a no-screw version in my head, so I went with this. I figured everyone has baskets and could cobble this up in no time. Much as I like to tinker, if Weber made a bigger basket like this, I'd be a customer.

I agree!  Weber could easily make one like this and circular one to be used with the center GBS grate removed similar to Vortex setup. I don't see them being very costly made from same material. I'd buy them.

[MikeRocksTheRed]

Neat, at first I thought it was adjustable.

Couple more holes and it will be...

Awsome MOD!!!!  If you cut slits instead of drilling holes and used wing nuts, you could easily adjust it to almost any size.  Just loosen the wing nuts, slide in or out to desired size then tighten the nuts again.  If you don't have anything for cutting a slot for the bolts, you could alway drill a bunch of holes then join them together with a file and some manual labor!

[Josh G]

Coming soon...

http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/trading-post/slow-n-sear-charcoal-basket/

[HoosierKettle]

That's fantastic.  I'll be making some of those.  Thanks for the inspiration and idea


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[YardBurner]

That looks like it would work great with a KettlePizza.
More capacity and keeps the coals off the bowl.

Add some firebricks along the straight edge
and you've got a great indirect tool.

Off to Lowes to pick up a couple of sets.
Thanks for the inspiration!

-Rob

[Neil_VT00]

Thanks for the tip Marty.  I'll definitely be making a set of these.