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 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Jambo Pit - UDS - Lang 60 (Sold) 18.5" & 22.5" Weber Kettles - Smokey Joe and Mini-WSM - Bubba Keg - #2 La Caja China Chargriller Outlaw Impeccably Accurate BLACK & RED Thermapens KCBS CBJ 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 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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... __________________ Visit Man Cave Meals on Facebook and YouTube! Kamado Joe Classic * Kamado Joe Big Joe Ugly Drum Smoker * Weber Performer * Weber Go-Anywhere * Mini WSM Man Cave Meals Video Index

08-09-2011, 08:36 PM	#3
cookingdude555 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 07-18-09 Location: USA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Boshizzle, I like the double decker idea! __________________ John - Salt Lake City, UT Webers Eggs Bubba Keg

08-09-2011, 08:47 PM	#4
gooose53 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-07-08 Location: Goose Creek, SC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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 Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-14-06 Location: At home on the range in Wyoming Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Nice build. I like the extended option too. __________________ ~thirdeye~ I Play With Fire and Smoke *KCBS - CBJ* Big Green Eggs, Big Drum Smokers, Big Chiefs, Weber Smokey Joe "Custom Tall Boy" Oil Patch Horizontal Visit my Cookin' Site by clicking HERE Barbecue is not rocket surgery

08-10-2011, 01:44 AM	#6
swamprb somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-27-06 Location: Bothell WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	yer gonna love the vent handle mod! __________________ Brian - Left Hand Smoke BBQ PNWBA 2010 Team of the Year BGE's/WSM's/BWS Gater/BDS Clones/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 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wow...food dish is such a simple but genius idea. __________________ UDS, Modded ECB, Pitmaster IQ 110 and a Cheappy Gasser. Learning one smoke at a time!

08-10-2011, 04:32 AM	#8
cholloway is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 05-10-11 Location: Atlanta, GA. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice build. Personally, I'd be a little leery of the stacked pots. __________________ Colin New Braunfels Hondo Offset New Braunfels Bandera (Refurbished, Modified & Improved) 32 year old Char-Broil 450 1996 Blue Weber SS Performer 2003 Black Weber SS Performer Weber 22.5 OTS converted to OTG with rotisserie & Smokenator Weber SJS & modified stock pot Mini-WSM STOK Island gasser

08-10-2011, 04:52 AM	#9
Phubar somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-24-09 Location: Utrecht,The NetherPharkinglands Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Phabulous! __________________ -TG -WGA (3) -UDS (S,M,L) All fueled by Ecobrasa Coco Briquettes Lowland Smokers Dutch BBQ Champion 2011 - 2012 *Lowland Smokers Dutch BBQ Champion 2013 Low 'n Slow

08-10-2011, 05:23 AM	#10
fnnm358 is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 04-18-06 Location: Macomb, Michigan Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-01-11 Location: Shrewsbury, MA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice! Will be interested to see how the double decker works out if you do it. __________________ UDS - 18.5" WSM - Mini WSM Red Weber Master Touch- "Old Betsy" Weber OTS 18" Weber Genesis "Yeah, all those things, responsibility, pressure. It`s a bit stressful. I try and come to terms with it by not thinking about it." - Joe Strummer

08-10-2011, 06:15 AM	#12
Matt_A is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 07-19-11 Location: Moore, Oklahoma Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sweet build! Love the flange idea for the diffuser. __________________ Guerry >^..^< Weber 22 1/2" OTS "Dirty Girl", Weber Performer/Cajun Bandit "Cajun Queen", GOSM "Bubba Q", Maverick et73, RED Thermapen, One Cameron Stove Top "Lazy Girl".It burns sawdust... Avatar by Northwest BBQ!!! If you really care about this place, you'll show some respect for it. Seven Zero notches on my spatula. Join_Us_In_The_Throwdowns_Forum!

08-10-2011, 07:16 AM	#14
ghermanpa Is lookin for wood to cook with. Join Date: 07-27-11 Location: State College, PA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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: Bothell, WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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!! __________________ Weber(Go Anywhere, Smokey Joe, "Smoker Joe", 22.5" Kettles, Gasser, Q100, Q200, (2)22.5" WSM, (1)18.5" WSM), UDS (Weber lid mod), Rib-O-Lator. BLACK thermapen Everything I cook is judged by SIX!! Daddy and Me BBQ Competition Cooking Team

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Smokey Joe Mini WSM Question	morgaj1	Q-talk	15	10-16-2011 09:41 PM
My Mini WSM Build (w/pics)	JMSetzler	Q-talk	75	09-14-2011 12:44 PM
Breaking in Smoker Joe #2 (mini WSM pron)	FamilyManBBQ	Q-talk	11	08-31-2011 11:13 AM
Just ordered parts foir another Smkey Joe Mini-WSM	Matt_A	Q-talk	7	08-27-2011 11:44 PM
My Finished Mini WSM/UDS/Smoker Build PRON	jmellor	Q-talk	22	08-14-2011 09:16 PM