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    Weber Kettle Restoration

    I probably could but I wanted to fix this one up because of the age. Where the legs are was rusted and starting to rust through barely. I Drilled the three spot welds for each leg and put bolts/nuts through with a piece of sheet metal to reinforce it a little. Now that I have done that, I...
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    Weber Kettle Restoration

    On the dampers it should have a letter. Just google “Weber kettle age”. It will have a chart. The two in the picture are N and O which are 1991 and 1992.
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    Fire/heat management

    I have watched mad scientist, chud, and several other videos on fire management. One question I have is how to control the spikes or do those not matter? I get perfect thin blue smoke but if I am trying to smoke at 250, I use an ambient Bluetooth thermometer at grate level and wait until it...
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    Weber Kettle Restoration

    Recently sold my gas/charcoal grill and electric smoker to fund my purchase of my old country pecos which I have been obsessed with since I got it. But I went to grill over the firebox and it was just not big enough. Decided I was going to get a Weber. Couple weeks later my father in-law...
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    St Louis Area Wood Source

    Thanks for the advice so far. I found someone on Craigslist that says they have oak splits. I just have never used oak but I know a lot do. I am using the wood to run the smoker. One chimney of charcoal to get it started then burning wood the remainder of the time. I looked at that at Louis...
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    St Louis Area Wood Source

    I am new to the forum and tried searching before asking but did not find much. I am in the St Louis area and looking for a good source for wood. I just bought an old country pecos (upgraded from a masterbuilt electric smoker). I bought a bag of pecan splits from academy with my smoker and used...
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    Hello from St Louis Area

    Hello All, New member here from the St. Louis area. Just upgraded from a masterbuilt electric smoker to an old country pecos. Definitely a big jump in the learning curve. Hence why I am joining here.
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