My poor man's performer has been the subject of many experiments over the years, today is no exception. Its ash sweeper quit sweeping, years ago, and I fixed it by attaching a ring to all three sweeps.
That worked fine for a long time before the whole thing came apart. Then i just kept on cooking on it and wasting charcoal, which isn't all bad because the dry heat helps keep the kettle and grate clean.
Today I got busy and rummaged through my scrap heap and found some stuff that could be made into the sweeper blades. I attached them to a 7/8" bolt, that fits the hole in the kettle perfectly. The bolt is way to long but itll work til the sweeps rust out again or I redesign it. Fortunately i have another kettle that needs the sweeper replaced in it too, hence part 1.
I havent tryed it out yet, cooking, but the blades fit tight enough to hang up on the spot welds where the leg brackets are welded to the kettle. The next set will be longer so they reach up the side of the bowl, I may run them all the way up to the fire grate next time. Some day I'll make a ash catcher for it, similar to the gold/performer's ash catcher.
Thats all I got for now.
Topic: Ash Sweeper Part 1 (Read 2554 times)
