PhilB
Knows what a fatty is.
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2010
- Location
- Vancouve...
OK, went across the border to pick up my new toy...
What's in the kit: The middle section, the legs, a big water pan (actually a 20" mixing bowl), the coal ring (thing of beauty there) and a brand new Weber brand 22" grate):
Step 1 (after I took the opportunity to clean all the old kettle parts): Remove original legs, put on kit legs, mark for hole locations:
Drill, put legs back on, fasten them on:
Install coal ring, put original charcoal grate in that:
Throw on the middle section (man, that door shuts *tight*):
Put in the water pan, bottom grate (using my old kettle grate there) and top grate. Roxy is wondering why meat isn't coming out of the magic blue thing as usual:
View inside the door:
Observations and questions:
Hope this helps someone that had questions about the kit.
Phil
What's in the kit: The middle section, the legs, a big water pan (actually a 20" mixing bowl), the coal ring (thing of beauty there) and a brand new Weber brand 22" grate):
Step 1 (after I took the opportunity to clean all the old kettle parts): Remove original legs, put on kit legs, mark for hole locations:
Drill, put legs back on, fasten them on:
Install coal ring, put original charcoal grate in that:
Throw on the middle section (man, that door shuts *tight*):
Put in the water pan, bottom grate (using my old kettle grate there) and top grate. Roxy is wondering why meat isn't coming out of the magic blue thing as usual:
View inside the door:
Observations and questions:
- The quality on this looks great. I believe the tolerances on it are better than the Weber ones. My lid has been dropped once, and it was slightly deformed. I beat it back into shape as best as possible. The fit is so tight that it almost "springs" on the Cajun Bandit section. Also feels like it wants to "spring" off. I will solve this with 4 large paper clips like someone else here does with their kettle to make sure the lid is tight and doesn't fall off.
- I've never had a WSM. Is the bottom grate always that close to the water pan? If so, is there a large difference between the bottom grate temperature and the top grate temperature?
- Chris from C&C was kind enough to include a few thermometer wire grommets. I didn't drill one in yet. I presume if one puts it near the top (to measure top grate temperature and, eventually, meat temperature when I get the new ET-732), one needs not worry about the extra air hole, since it would basically be like the top vent that is always open?
- I've never had a WSM, and will get to the Weber site for destructions, but from my reading, I presume that I: Fill the coal ring, then throw on X amount of lit coal for the Minion method, fill the water pan, wait for the temperature to come up, then control with the bottom vent like usual. Am I missing anything?
Hope this helps someone that had questions about the kit.
Phil
