As some may remember, I've been looking for smaller grid racks with feet for my recently acquired MES30 which I've brought back to life. Struck out big time online but finally found some Fox Run racks from The Bakers Kitchen for $6.95 each which were darn close but still too short in length to fit in the smoker's rack channels.
Stock MES30 rack is 14.5" wide
Fox Run rack is 14.25" wide
Then I started thinking about my lonely Mig welder out in the shop.
Received the rack and yup, they were too short. Started thinking about what I could do to these racks to add some girth to the width. Since I modified similar racks for my MES40 with the help of Mr. Miggy, I dove into it today, while my MES40 was working on some more Salmon. Found some chrome rod off of a retired Big Chief smoker rack and simply added a piece of rod to each side of the new racks. This added about 1/8" to each side. Now the racks are 14.5+". Need to clean, steel wool the racks and sometime, I'll do another burn in.
Cheers
Stock MES30 rack is 14.5" wide
Fox Run rack is 14.25" wide
Then I started thinking about my lonely Mig welder out in the shop.
Received the rack and yup, they were too short. Started thinking about what I could do to these racks to add some girth to the width. Since I modified similar racks for my MES40 with the help of Mr. Miggy, I dove into it today, while my MES40 was working on some more Salmon. Found some chrome rod off of a retired Big Chief smoker rack and simply added a piece of rod to each side of the new racks. This added about 1/8" to each side. Now the racks are 14.5+". Need to clean, steel wool the racks and sometime, I'll do another burn in.
Cheers
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