Post A Picture of Your COMPLETED Mini-WSM Here ! (Mini Weber Smokey Mountain, MWSM)
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Hey y'all
I got her made today! Built in an RV park with tin snips and a battery drill. I havent found the grates yet... But I got her seasoned and did some chicken for her first cook
She ain't to purdy.......
But she cooks!
I used the smokey joe grate that will ultimately be the diffuser base. The HEB marinated chicken was awesome! The wife and I have been sampling local Que here in San Antonio and the wife reckoned this chicken was better than any so far!
I still need to get a thermo, grates and bungs for the iGrill, but she lives and cooks.
Thanks Case and BD for the awesome information.
Now I need some tutorials on how to cook with it!
I got her made today! Built in an RV park with tin snips and a battery drill. I havent found the grates yet... But I got her seasoned and did some chicken for her first cook
She ain't to purdy.......
But she cooks!
I used the smokey joe grate that will ultimately be the diffuser base. The HEB marinated chicken was awesome! The wife and I have been sampling local Que here in San Antonio and the wife reckoned this chicken was better than any so far!
I still need to get a thermo, grates and bungs for the iGrill, but she lives and cooks.
Thanks Case and BD for the awesome information.
Now I need some tutorials on how to cook with it!
Looks great Dingo! Nice cook too! If you roll past an Ace Hardware store, they usually have the grates in stock. Enjoy that mini!
bikes blues bbq
Fire Starter
Got 'er done. Finished it yesterday, first seasoning burn today!
Thanks BD and others for all the great info.
Looks Great let see some smoke!
Got 'er done. Finished it yesterday, first seasoning burn today!
Thanks BD and others for all the great info.
So, what do you do if you want to enter a local BBQ contest and they don't allow electric smokers and that is all you have? You build a Mini!
And what do you do when you can't find a steamer pot, but you have an old ugly drum electric smoker that it "almost" the right size?
I'll tell you what you do -- yo get out your metal saw, some nuts and bolts, chain, and a grinder and you make things work!
Meet my Old Smokey Mini Joe
The old smokey electric smoker was about 15.5" diameter and a little over 24" tall. So I cut it down to 18" tall, then split it down the center. I used a ratcheting tie down thingy around the center to reform it to the right diameter, first on top to mate with Joe's lid and then on the bottom to match Joe's bottom. A row of bolts in the overlap secured it to the right position.
I couldn't find any proper expanded metal for the charcoal basket, so I'm temporarily using some 1/4" hardware cloth.
There were already some bolts on the tube from the old grates, and four of them were almost in the right position fot the cast iron skillet I was planning on using for my heat deflector. I just used two 18" long chains attached to the lower bolts and set the pan on them.
I have supports for three grates, although I only have two at this time.
I even cut some of the legs off an old $15 Harbor Freight work station to make a folding stand for my new smoker.
I had it running most of today, and had fum chairing the temp up and down, always behind the curve. But tomorrow's another day, ans I'll bet I'll be better by tomorrow night ;-)
And what do you do when you can't find a steamer pot, but you have an old ugly drum electric smoker that it "almost" the right size?
I'll tell you what you do -- yo get out your metal saw, some nuts and bolts, chain, and a grinder and you make things work!
Meet my Old Smokey Mini Joe
The old smokey electric smoker was about 15.5" diameter and a little over 24" tall. So I cut it down to 18" tall, then split it down the center. I used a ratcheting tie down thingy around the center to reform it to the right diameter, first on top to mate with Joe's lid and then on the bottom to match Joe's bottom. A row of bolts in the overlap secured it to the right position.
I couldn't find any proper expanded metal for the charcoal basket, so I'm temporarily using some 1/4" hardware cloth.
There were already some bolts on the tube from the old grates, and four of them were almost in the right position fot the cast iron skillet I was planning on using for my heat deflector. I just used two 18" long chains attached to the lower bolts and set the pan on them.
I have supports for three grates, although I only have two at this time.
I even cut some of the legs off an old $15 Harbor Freight work station to make a folding stand for my new smoker.
I had it running most of today, and had fum chairing the temp up and down, always behind the curve. But tomorrow's another day, ans I'll bet I'll be better by tomorrow night ;-)
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So, what do you do if you want to enter a local BBQ contest and they don't allow electric smokers and that is all you have? You build a Mini!
And what do you do when you can't find a steamer pot, but you have an old ugly drum electric smoker that it "almost" the right size?
I'll tell you what you do -- yo get out your metal saw, some nuts and bolts, chain, and a grinder and you make things work!
Meet my Old Smokey Mini Joe
The old smokey electric smoker was about 15.5" diameter and a little over 24" tall. So I cut it down to 18" tall, then split it down the center. I used a ratcheting tie down thingy around the center to reform it to the right diameter, first on top to mate with Joe's lid and then on the bottom to match Joe's bottom. A row of bolts in the overlap secured it to the right position.
I couldn't find any proper expanded metal for the charcoal basket, so I'm temporarily using some 1/4" hardware cloth.
There were already some bolts on the tube from the old grates, and four of them were almost in the right position fot the cast iron skillet I was planning on using for my heat deflector. I just used two 18" long chains attached to the lower bolts and set the pan on them.
I have supports for three grates, although I only have two at this time.
I even cut some of the legs off an old $15 Harbor Freight work station to make a folding stand for my new smoker.
I had it running most of today, and had fum chairing the temp up and down, always behind the curve. But tomorrow's another day, ans I'll bet I'll be better by tomorrow night ;-)
These all look great.. guys...
fwismoker
Master of the Pit
I agree Keith, there's some great looking mini's in here.
Gotta really love that ND one though! ;)
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fwismoker
Master of the Pit
Got a couple of upgrades to the jumbo mini aka jimmy... one was a hanging ring and the recent one is a cajun bandit rotisserie ring. Grill, smoke, hang and now spin dizzy!
Thumbs Up ...
just have to watch adding more weight... I blew out those cheap legs on mine... replaced them with stainless pipe....
just have to watch adding more weight... I blew out those cheap legs on mine... replaced them with stainless pipe....
fwismoker
Master of the Pit
Thanks Adam, I really like the versatility.Nice upgrades.
Yea the little smokey joes legs are cheapo, the jumbo joe's are much sturdier... I've hung 44 lbs of pork butts plus the weight of the SS stock pot in it this Summer....
just have to watch adding more weight... I blew out those cheap legs on mine... replaced them with stainless pipe....
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