I was lucky enough to recently acquire an older style Ranch kettle, AKA "mothership". They just have a very cool look to them - low to the ground, with a traditional triangle support:
This one is definitely a cooker, and to that end, I need to to get it in shape to go.
With all that real estate, I wanted to create some zones to cook with and wanted a charcoal basket to enable smoking on the mothership. I used the tried and true "expanded metal" method of making a basket. It took two 12" X 24" pieces to provide enough material - total bill was just shy of $35. I have wired it together and will tack weld it tomorrow:
You can see just how big this thing is - it could almost swallow Bisbee whole:
Looking forward to some big cooks!
Winz