First cook on the WSM with pron

[swamprb]

OK- I got up Saturday and was planning to do a cook on the UDS, but got sidetracked when I saw the thread by Blutch on why by a WSM? I had gotten it before I built the UDS and just had not cooked on it, I did a few mods to it and just planned to use it for comps. Well I'm taking a Paul Kirk class in a couple weeks and decided to get to know the WSM! Here are the results, not bad for the first cook!

I used a foiled clay pot base in place of the water pan and used Kingsford with a few hickory chunks.

Brian

 

[Puppyboy]

Did you coil the ribs so they would fit in the cooker?

 

[Smokin Gator]

MMMmmm I do love me some beer butt chicken. Those look awesome!!!

 

[G$]

why the clay pot, more of a heat sink? I have heard lots of people using a brinkman pan instead of the shallow webber. And did you still fill it with Water after foiling?

 

[DaChief]

So you wanted to run this a pretty high temp cook?

 

[swamprb]

Nope! I saw it on the Stoker site and inquired if anyone was using it on the VB site the same time the Piedmont or double pan Brinkman setup was a hot topic, and it got favorable reviews so I gave it a try. No water or sand and no High temps, it ran at 225-250 the whole cook @ 4.5 hrs.
http://rocksbarbque.com/WSM_Char.html
Worked like a charm

Brian

 

[biffleg]

That's something I haven't done in a while ... BBC! Thanks for the reminder ... those look great!

 

[DaChief]

Nope! I saw it on the Stoker site and inquired if anyone was using it on the VB site the same time the Piedmont or double pan Brinkman setup was a hot topic, and it got favorable reviews so I gave it a try. No water or sand and no High temps, it ran at 225-250 the whole cook @ 4.5 hrs.
http://rocksbarbque.com/WSM_Char.html
Worked like a charm

Brian

How big is that clay pot base? Looks to be the exact same size as the charcoal chamber/ring?

 

[Pig Headed]

Brian, everything looks great. I really like the side shelves. Did you make them?

 

[SmokeyBear]

Thats some great looking que.

 

[swamprb]

Brian, everything looks great. I really like the side shelves. Did you make them?

Thanks Ron, I did make them!

How big is that clay pot base? Looks to be the exact same size as the charcoal chamber/ring?

I took the center section of the WSM along with the bottom grate to a place in my area called "Half Price Pots" and found one that fits perfectly in place of the water pan.