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  2. jsclow

    Fired up for a Mini build

    Here's a start on some wood I gonna try when I get the build done. In the box are Zapote(a native tropical fruit), Avocado, Guanabana, and Lemon (you see this size of the lemons, or limes as they call them here, that come from this tree. That is a 6" ruler above the lemon. Most of them are...
  3. Fired up for a Mini build

    Fired up for a Mini build

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  5. jsclow

    Fired up for a Mini build

    great that helps. I have a step bit which, as you said, unless I totally screw it up should work fine. thanks.
  6. jsclow

    Fired up for a Mini build

    Case. Can you comment on the stability of the 3/4" vents?  looks like you drilled a hole just big enough to start the nipple and as it was screwed in it tightened up. is this flimsy to where a backup 'nut' would help make it more stable? Also, would the depth of penetration into the grill be a...
  7. jsclow

    Fired up for a Mini build

    Well I exhausted all my resources today for the tamale steamer.  I looked in every little hole in the wall tiendra (and there are a bunch) in the market.  most were too big or small. 40 qt or bigger, 30 or smaller and the one that was the closest to being right, was still too big in diameter. ...
  8. jsclow

    Fired up for a Mini build

    This is perfect.  I saw these on your build thread but these photos clear it all up for me. So with the ash guard do you leave the bottom vent wide open and control your heat with the added side vents?
  9. jsclow

    Fired up for a Mini build

    I think I have most of the stuff I need to get started soon (well, when it arrives in country in a few weeks anyway). My mind has turned towards the side vent mods for my Silver. I have read through what info I've found and have some questions. Maybe my searching skills are lacking and all this...
  10. jsclow

    Building a Mini Weber Smokey Mountain in Texas (Mini WSM)

    This looks great. Mine is pretty much done in my head (so many times I lost count). Now all I have to do is put mind to matter. Just have to round up the parts... and that will be the challenge, but fun.
  11. jsclow

    Fired up for a Mini build

    Thanks Brian. It is open, I ate breakfast there while at my parents. We have a group coming down in a few weeks so I gotta get on the stick and figure out what I need them to bring. For sure the thermometers and maybe the cooking grates. I noticed that some grates are checkerboard and some are...
  12. jsclow

    Smoke Hollow 4 in 1 vs Char Griller Trio

    I came across a thread for a Mini-WSM. Since I currently have a Smokey Joe Silver, this will be my cheapest, quickest way to get smokin'. I will buy a standalone gas grill for the quick chicken, steak and dogs.
  13. jsclow

    Fired up for a Mini build

    I know it is hard to see in my avatar photo but I have a Silver.  Beggars can't be choosers, and honestly when I got it I was not as educated on the subject of different levels of Weber grills. When we lived Stateside I had a 22" Weber and fell in love with it. Everything I have grilled on since...
  14. jsclow

    Fired up for a Mini build

    Told y'all I was fired up. Woke up with this build on my mind. Just put a few items I am sure I will have trouble on my amazon wish list.... thermometers, cooking grates, starter chimney(made this before out of a large coffee can, but just not the same). I bought the grill used a couple years...
  15. jsclow

    Fired up for a Mini build

    Been on a mission for several weeks now.  Quick background...I've lived in Honduras over 3 years and counting. Most things here run 1-1/2 to 2 times the cost as compared to the US. Was in the US recently on a 6 month furlough and a friend of mine who smokes (fellow displaced Texan) got me got my...
  16. jsclow

    Smoke Hollow 4 in 1 vs Char Griller Trio

    Hambone1950. Thanks for keepin' me ponderin.  I came across the Mini-WSM mod for the Smokey Joe.  I think that is the way to go to start.  I can find a gas grill for the wife and quick grills when we are in a hurry, keep my charcoal grills when I want em and add the tamale pot mod in for some...
  17. jsclow

    How to build a WSM mini..... (This thread is incomplete and will be added to)

    I am very interested in this build as I am a newbie, have a SJ Silver and am looking for good options to get started and some smoke in the air. I have been looking at a Smoke Hollow 4 in 1 but it is an expensive buy here and after reading about all the mode, I would like to get started cheap and...
  18. jsclow

    Smoke Hollow 4 in 1 vs Char Griller Trio

    I know. But such is life.  The one factor I did not mention is my patience factor.  I am ready to get some meat in the smoke.  That is leaning me towards the Smoke Hollow, although I am cheap too.  I would milk it along for as long as I could.  When we moved here almost 4 yrs ago, I bought a...
  19. jsclow

    Smoke Hollow 4 in 1 vs Char Griller Trio

    I have thought through those options.  At first I was planning on just making my own, and the 55 gal drum idea was top consideration as it is easy and I can get them here pretty readily(although I would need to clean it out good as they usually come with some chemicals still inside.  I can get...
  20. Smoke Hollow 4 in 1 vs Char Griller Trio

    Smoke Hollow 4 in 1 vs Char Griller Trio

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