Weber Wok needs some TLC

[zavod44]

i saw this in person yesterday and might i say it came up sweet
i will be ordering a wok and making the brackets
the brackets are quite simple after you see how they are made

Golly where are you gonna get a wok like this?  I need one.  Unless Hogsy sends me his.....

Brian

[Golly]

just any 60cm wok will work
i measured hogsy's and it was virtually 600mm
found 1 on egay
should be easy to source especially for you yanks

[Duke]

Thanks for the bottom pics.  I've got a Uncle who has a small machine shop that does a lot of odd jobs. I wonder if he made some brackets that looked similar to those but hung on the sides of the kettle if it would allow you to use a similar size wok? It would need to hold the wok up high enough to allow the same kind of air flow that yours has around it, then when your done you could just lift the brackets off. It wouldn't be the same rigid solid mount as the original but the weight of the wok and the food would help to hold it in place. You could also use a smaller wok with a straight handle on a 18 and be able to lift and toss it easier, hmmmm.

You are correct. If your uncle can fab some brackets that just hang, nearly any wok would work on any size, even the SJ. Please keep me in the loop on this and have him make me a set. The woks will also be easier to wash without the welded brackets. I bet the bracket sets would also be a great seller here.

[Duke]

Thought I would give this old thread a bump.

I have had my eye on a discada for a while and may take the plunge soon. My plan is to use it on the weber with some kind of bracket to hold it in place. I like the shallowness of it for my style of cooking. I'm not sure I like the 22 pound weight though. I would also wish it came in carbon steel this shallow which would make it lighter, but they don't exsist. The discadas come in size 22, but they also come in a 24 which sounds tempting.

Eastex, please keep me posted on the brackets you were talking about. I like the bracket idea because I would also be able to use it on any of my webers including the SJ then.

[zavod44]

I don't know where to get a big bowl like that?

Brian

[zavod44]

Okay what do we think about this?

http://www.atlantafixture.com/ItemDetail.aspx?ItemGuid=2570619f-0fec-4522-bced-a75e43212abd&Manf=Thunder+Group&Sku=IRWC004

Brian

[1buckie]

Brian, looked at your link....
Might be a pretty good deal, cast iron ( they're calling it cast, but I think it may be "turned iron"
wild process my brother explained to me) may be heavy though ?
Don't know if that matters or not
The steel ones across the bottom of the linked page are less expensive & may work fine also....

Here's a build page from Smoke Ring that is one of numerous that people have made with the side warming tray;
I'd really like that, but I'm not messin' with the original Weber wok (other than it was blasted & seasoned)

http://www.thesmokering.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56530&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Here's a 26" one, so you can see what that's like ~~>

http://www.thesmokering.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53057

The plow discs are very shallow compared to the Weber wok, or regular wok,
in a way I kinda like that.....

Not to be pimpin' the Smoke Ring, but that's where I started posting & have made a bunch of friends there....
Also familiar as to generally where to look to find out about something......

Here's a few pics of the one I ran into ~~>
On 18-1/2"


On 22-1/2" just at the start of the seasoning burn ~~>




Lump coal set ~~>



For bacon & eggs ~~>



Coal set for deep fry ~~>



Meat pies ~~>



Hope this helps for anyone's decision making process......

[Duke]

I forgot to include the link. southwestdisk.com

You can also put in this link and see pictures of one on a weber. www.flickr.com/photos/47146575@N04/4646868298

I am working on a metal bracket prototype right now. I will post pics when I finish it.

[1buckie]

Ahhhh....
Southwest !!!
They're good folks from all I've heard, you'll be a happy camper!!

So you're  going to put together some kind of clips to raise it up a bit out of the kettle?
If I can take any other pics of the Weber one that would help formalize that, let me know.....

[Duke]

Here are a few shots of a bracket Jim Lampe from the wsm site made. With these I think a wok could be used on almost any weber kettle.

[1buckie]

Disreguard the previous post, you're stylin' !!!

Those look great...
How many do you use three ?

[Casey]

You had me until you mentioned lampE I was going to buy a discada too. i still might as long as he isn't an official sponsor for them like he is for chris and his tvwb merch his fanboys keep buying. 

[Golly]

this is the wok available here in oz

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/260478755672?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

[Duke]

Here's the bracket I made. I will make three more and use them on the discada when I buy it. I grinded the edges to give it that weber look and hooked the outside to double as a hanger.

[1buckie]

I was thinkin'  you already had that 1st one, but the re-read makes sense....
Like yours way better, that's REALLY stylish !!!!