robert-r
is Blowin Smoke!
The stacker I originally made for the 14.5 WSM is great for racks of ribs, however it's a bit tall for hung chicken, tri-tip & etc.
So I made another one at 2/3 the height:
It will get the meat closer to the coals, heat a bit faster, & possibly use less fuel.
I made another one that can have dual use. I can add another grate just above the cooking chamber:
Which is nice, but what I really intend is for it to be used when reverse searing. I prefer to hang tri-tips & then reverse sear. Which means removing the center section of the smoker & adding a grate above the charcoal ring like this:
The problem when doing such is that the grate just sits on the top of the charcoal ring & sometimes moves when rotating or flipping the meat. It's an accident waiting to happen. The top is not a snug fit - it just sits on the charcoal chamber so it's easy to mis-align the two parts of the cooker. The mini-stacker solves this easily:
I can use the lid from a Smokey Joe to concentrate the heat on whatever I'm cooking or searing and I can snuff the coals very quickly at the end of a cook.
I love my 14.5 & there's hardly anything I wouldn't do for it. :becky:
So I made another one at 2/3 the height:
It will get the meat closer to the coals, heat a bit faster, & possibly use less fuel.
I made another one that can have dual use. I can add another grate just above the cooking chamber:
Which is nice, but what I really intend is for it to be used when reverse searing. I prefer to hang tri-tips & then reverse sear. Which means removing the center section of the smoker & adding a grate above the charcoal ring like this:
The problem when doing such is that the grate just sits on the top of the charcoal ring & sometimes moves when rotating or flipping the meat. It's an accident waiting to happen. The top is not a snug fit - it just sits on the charcoal chamber so it's easy to mis-align the two parts of the cooker. The mini-stacker solves this easily:
I can use the lid from a Smokey Joe to concentrate the heat on whatever I'm cooking or searing and I can snuff the coals very quickly at the end of a cook.
I love my 14.5 & there's hardly anything I wouldn't do for it. :becky:
