I dumped briquette this year for Frontier lump.
I love the lump, but noticed equipment failures contributing to loss of coals.
Smaller pieces of the lump drop out of the chimney grates and through the kettle grate.
Here is my first round of mods to retain more coals.
This the original bottom grate of a small Weber chimney.
Lump sharps dropped through the large gaps in the grate.
I am not the prettiest welder, but I closed up the gaps
Why stop here?
Here is the original grate of the large Weber chimney.
This one is not pretty as I changed into the mod.
Moved on to the kettle grate.
I only did half so you can see the before and after changes.
Does anyone else have mods to post that i missed?
Thanks for looking.
I love the lump, but noticed equipment failures contributing to loss of coals.
Smaller pieces of the lump drop out of the chimney grates and through the kettle grate.
Here is my first round of mods to retain more coals.

This the original bottom grate of a small Weber chimney.
Lump sharps dropped through the large gaps in the grate.

I am not the prettiest welder, but I closed up the gaps
Why stop here?
Here is the original grate of the large Weber chimney.

This one is not pretty as I changed into the mod.

Moved on to the kettle grate.

I only did half so you can see the before and after changes.
Does anyone else have mods to post that i missed?
Thanks for looking.