Hi, those rascals...I went back to look at the shelf that I bought on walmart. com tonight. They have raised the price to $20: It is this one:
URL:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Masterbuilt-Smoker-Side-Shelf/22172492
Geesh...and I thought $9 was a great price. Thought about buying 2 at the time, should have done that. Well, you know..it is also worth $20, its real nice.
I also bought the
Masterbuilt mats for the grill and smoker to do fish and vegetables and stuff. You get two for $10.
Here is the URL link:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Masterbuilt-Fish-and-Vegetable-Mat-for-30-Smoker-2-Pack-20090213/30579740
They work really well. I did some salmon on them earlier this week. Just pull them off and wash the mats with Dawn dishwashing soap which is a miracle product anyway; but I am finding very useful with the smoker to clean the racks.
One tip that I found...there are these anti-stick cloths that they sell at Home Depot for the grill racks. What you do, is heat your smoker and then rub these cloths over all your racks and then after about 15 minutes. Let the smoker cool. Man, these things I used in the beginning, they are still keeping my racks non-stick.
By the way, I also bought some of the self-stick high temperature sealing tape from
Amazon and went around the inside of the doors of my smokers, really works great and keeps the heat and smoke from escaping unless you want it to through the vents. It is now easier for me to manage the temperature with this and the change to adding that cast iron pan. It sticks really well and after one smoke, it is nice and seals great.
High temperture smoker sealing tape at
Amazon:
Well, I hope this helps,
If you ever want some Island-style rubs, have some good recipes to make some good teriyaki type and kalua pork type tastes. If you like Asian or Island style, (lived in Hawaii) for a while in the military.....
Thanks for the idea of the wind guard, looks real nice. I was using heavy cardboard and it works great. But, it does get wet and soggy and blows away sometime. So, I am no smoking this weekend cuz it is supposed to be windy so I am off to Home Depot on Sunday to get some wood to do a wind guard and put that wagon together. It is made of steel and looks real nice ...dark green. Kinda of heavy duty real farm wagon which is painted with rust proof paint.