My Mini-WSM Smoker Joe Build

Boshizzle · 08-09-2011, 08:20 PM

I've been wanting to make one of these for a while now. Here is the blow by blow of the build.

Picked up a Smokey Joe.

Picked up a tamale pot.

Found the center of the bottom of the pot. It was marked for me where the light converges.

Drilled a hole, screwed in a screw and used a string and a sharpie to mark a circle around the bottom.

Marked some "tabs" that will be folded up to hold the diffuser/drip pan.

Used a jig saw to make the cuts. Here are the formed up tabs. Yeah, I know it's ugly but the metal is pretty thin and it bends easily. It will still work fine. I also installed three SS screws 4.5" from the top of the pot to hold the top grate.

Here is the diffuser and the top grate in place.

I picked up a charcoal grate for an 18.5" kettle to serve as the bottom grate.

I picked up a SS dog food dish, drilled some holes near the top of it and will use it to prevent ash from clogging the vent.

I added a handle on the bottom vent.

Here it is. A new mini WSM. All it needs is a thermometer which I will install soon.

And, this is something I am considering.

Thanks for looking.

JMSetzler · 08-09-2011, 08:28 PM

Lol.. that looks like a lot of fun! I have a smokey joe silver and I have been considering building one of these, so I might just do it sometime in the near future. My local Walmart carries those tamale pots so I'll grab one next time I go by and set it aside until I get the UDS finished. I'd like to dedicate something like that to moinks/ABTs and maybe try to put three cooking racks in it...

cookingdude555 · 08-09-2011, 08:36 PM

Boshizzle, I like the double decker idea!

gooose53 · 08-09-2011, 08:47 PM

Always interesting to people think out of the box! Nice work and pics to show others if interested in doing one.

thirdeye · 08-09-2011, 10:38 PM

Nice build. I like the extended option too.

swamprb · 08-10-2011, 01:44 AM

yer gonna love the vent handle mod!

Roby · 08-10-2011, 01:54 AM

Wow...food dish is such a simple but genius idea.

cholloway · 08-10-2011, 04:32 AM

Nice build.
Personally, I'd be a little leery of the stacked pots.

Phubar · 08-10-2011, 04:52 AM

Phabulous!

fnnm358 · 08-10-2011, 05:23 AM

you might want to put some type of tie between the 2 pots to hold them together for stability

jmellor · 08-10-2011, 05:30 AM

Nice! Will be interested to see how the double decker works out if you do it.

Matt_A · 08-10-2011, 06:15 AM

I'd have to have a better (wider) set of legs on the SJ before I double-stacked it. Here in OK we'd need a really good wind break too keep it from being toppled by our "breeze".

deguerre · 08-10-2011, 06:32 AM

Sweet build! Love the flange idea for the diffuser.

ghermanpa · 08-10-2011, 07:16 AM

Very Nice! I just finished my 1st UDS and see this as another potential project. Please let us know how it cooks.

FamilyManBBQ · 08-10-2011, 10:19 AM

Looks good Bo! These little guys are GREAT! It's my go-to smoker during the week. I'm usually able to get enough food inside the little guy to feed the whole family!!

...just cracked the clay pot the other night. That was my third one...lasted almost a year, though. Was just letting the smoker rip on some "chicken legs" and POP the pot cracked!!

08-09-2011, 08:20 PM	#1
Boshizzle somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-26-10 Location: Virginia	My Mini-WSM Smoker Joe Build I've been wanting to make one of these for a while now. Here is the blow by blow of the build. Picked up a Smokey Joe. Picked up a tamale pot. Found the center of the bottom of the pot. It was marked for me where the light converges. Drilled a hole, screwed in a screw and used a string and a sharpie to mark a circle around the bottom. Marked some "tabs" that will be folded up to hold the diffuser/drip pan. Used a jig saw to make the cuts. Here are the formed up tabs. Yeah, I know it's ugly but the metal is pretty thin and it bends easily. It will still work fine. I also installed three SS screws 4.5" from the top of the pot to hold the top grate. Here is the diffuser and the top grate in place. I picked up a charcoal grate for an 18.5" kettle to serve as the bottom grate. I picked up a SS dog food dish, drilled some holes near the top of it and will use it to prevent ash from clogging the vent. I added a handle on the bottom vent. Here it is. A new mini WSM. All it needs is a thermometer which I will install soon. And, this is something I am considering. Thanks for looking. __________________ Operation BBQ Relief Founding Member - I am Obsessive Compulsive about BBQ. Google it.

08-09-2011, 08:28 PM	#2
JMSetzler Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-25-11 Location: Valdese, NC Name/Nickname : John	Lol.. that looks like a lot of fun! I have a smokey joe silver and I have been considering building one of these, so I might just do it sometime in the near future. My local Walmart carries those tamale pots so I'll grab one next time I go by and set it aside until I get the UDS finished. I'd like to dedicate something like that to moinks/ABTs and maybe try to put three cooking racks in it... __________________ [URL="http://facebook.com/mancavemeals"]http://facebook.com/mancavemeals[/URL]

08-09-2011, 08:36 PM	#3
cookingdude555 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-18-09 Location: USA	Boshizzle, I like the double decker idea! __________________ John - Utah Too many cookers ...

08-09-2011, 08:47 PM	#4
gooose53 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-07-08 Location: Goose Creek, SC	Always interesting to people think out of the box! Nice work and pics to show others if interested in doing one. __________________ 2010 South Carolina State BBQ Champion (SCBA)

08-09-2011, 10:38 PM	#5
thirdeye somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-14-06 Location: At home on the range in Wyoming	Nice build. I like the extended option too. __________________ ~thirdeye~ I Play With Fire and Smoke *Barbecuist ~ Charcuterist ~ KCBS Master Judge & CTC* Big Green Eggs, Big Drum Smokers, Big Chiefs, Weber Smokey Joe "Custom Tall Boy" Oil Patch Horizontal, SnS Deluxe Kettle Visit my Cookin' Site by clicking HERE Barbecue is not rocket surgery “The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it's hard to verify their authenticity” ~ Abraham Lincoln

08-10-2011, 01:44 AM	#6
swamprb somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-27-06 Location: Bothell WA	yer gonna love the vent handle mod! __________________ Brian - Left Hand Smoke BBQ PNWBA 2010 Team of the Year BGE's/WSM's/Pellet Pro WSM/BWS Gater/BDS Clones/Cookshack 008/Weber Performer w EZ-Que/Cajun Bandit/Rib-O-Lator Test Pilot/La Caja China/BBQ Guru/Weber 1000 RK Drum Coffee Roaster Follow Left Hand Smoke on Facebook!http://www.facebook.com/pages/Left-H...462391?sk=wall KCBS CBJ/PNWBA CBJ www.pnwba.com

08-10-2011, 01:54 AM	#7
Roby On the road to being a farker Join Date: 07-05-11 Location: Sedro-Woolley, WA	Wow...food dish is such a simple but genius idea. __________________ Traeger Texas Elite 34

08-10-2011, 04:32 AM	#8
cholloway Babbling Farker Join Date: 05-10-11 Location: East of Atlanta, GA. Name/Nickname : Colin	Nice build. Personally, I'd be a little leery of the stacked pots. __________________ Colin - "Drinking alcohol can cause memory loss... or worse, memory loss" New Braunfels Hondo Offset New Braunfels Bandera (Refurbished & Improved) Char-Broil 450 (Purchased new in 1981) 1996 Blue Weber SS Performer Weber charcoal Go-Anywhere 2 Weber SJSs & modified stock pot Mini-WSM Weber rotisserie, Rib-O-Lator & Smokenator system Blackstone Tailgater Combo & STOK Island gasser

08-10-2011, 04:52 AM	#9
Phubar somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-24-09 Location: Utrecht,TheNetherPharkinglands	Phabulous! __________________ -TG -WGA (3) -UDS (S,M,L) All fueled by [COLOR=lime]Ecobrasa[/COLOR] Coco Briquettes [URL="http://lowlandsmokers.blogspot.com/2011/06/lowland-smokers-workshop-hei-en-boeicop.html"]Lowland Smokers[/URL] Dutch BBQ Champion 2011 - 2012 [URL="http://lowlandsmokers.blogspot.com/2011/06/lowland-smokers-workshop-hei-en-boeicop.html"]Lowland Smokers[/URL] Dutch BBQ Champion 2013 Low 'n Slow WGA Ambassador

08-10-2011, 05:23 AM	#10
fnnm358 is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 04-18-06 Location: Macomb, Michigan	you might want to put some type of tie between the 2 pots to hold them together for stability __________________ BRINKMANN GRILL KING, 22.5 SILVER, 18.5 SILVER, ECB & UDS

08-10-2011, 05:30 AM	#11
jmellor is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 07-01-11 Location: New Hampshire	Nice! Will be interested to see how the double decker works out if you do it. __________________ Lonestar 24x48 Grilla OG Remember RGB....always sending it

08-10-2011, 06:15 AM	#12
Matt_A is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 07-19-11 Location: Moore, Oklahoma	I'd have to have a better (wider) set of legs on the SJ before I double-stacked it. Here in OK we'd need a really good wind break too keep it from being toppled by our "breeze". __________________ [B]Matt Armistead[/B]

08-10-2011, 06:32 AM	#13
deguerre somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-15-09 Location: Memphis, TN...Formerly of Decatur, AL	Sweet build! Love the flange idea for the diffuser. __________________ Guerry [FONT=Book Antiqua]Pit Beeatch for Team Munchkin[/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua][B]Avatar by Northwest BBQ [/B][/FONT]"...In nature, there are predators. I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder..." Werner Herzog

08-10-2011, 07:16 AM	#14
ghermanpa Is lookin for wood to cook with. Join Date: 07-27-11 Location: State College, PA	Very Nice! I just finished my 1st UDS and see this as another potential project. Please let us know how it cooks. __________________ UDS / Weber 22.5 OTG

08-10-2011, 10:19 AM	#15
FamilyManBBQ is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-30-09 Location: Redmond, WA	Looks good Bo! These little guys are GREAT! It's my go-to smoker during the week. I'm usually able to get enough food inside the little guy to feed the whole family!! ...just cracked the clay pot the other night. That was my third one...lasted almost a year, though. Was just letting the smoker rip on some "chicken legs" and POP the pot cracked!! __________________ [FONT=Arial Black][FONT=Arial][B]Humphrey's Pint[/B][/FONT][/FONT], [FONT=Arial Black][FONT=Arial]Weber(Go Anywhere, Smokey Joe, "Smoker Joe", 22.5" Kettles, Gasser, Q100, Q200, (2)22.5" WSM, (1)18.5" WSM (1) 14.5" WSM, UDS (Weber lid), Rib-O-Lator. [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Arial Black][FONT=Arial][B][COLOR=black]BLACK[/COLOR][/B] thermapen...and a [B][COLOR=yellow]YELLOW[/COLOR][/B] one too!! [/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Arial Black][FONT=Arial][I][B]Everything I cook is judged by SIX!![/B][/I][/FONT][/FONT] [I][FONT=Arial][B]Daddy and Me BBQ[/B] Competition Cooking Team[/FONT][/I]

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