Weber Kettle Generic Slow & Sear

[BandCollector]

For the life of me I cannot remember who posted a thread showing his home made Slow & Sear made from a large cookie sheet (did a search and everything) but it inspired me to make one for my Weber 22.5 Kettle. Needed something to direct the heat more efficiently for my indirect heating and this fit the bill perfectly! Whoever it was thanks for the idea.

I had some scrap sheet metal lying around and nothing to do today so here it is:

Maiden voyage may be this weekend,

John

 

[tropics]

John That looks good I don't think you need that extra basket. Lamar made one I did a copy here is a link to both and my first cook on mine.LIKES
Richie
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t...on-the-18-5-weber-kettle.257214/#post_1653967

 

[normonster]

Nice. That will do it.

 

[BandCollector]

Thanks Lamar & Richie! That was a great idea. I love this place!

John

 

[Phil Chart]

Looks great John should work fine.

 

[tropics]

John when you use it plug those little holes with foil,it will make keeping the temp easier also clean up
Richie

 

[BandCollector]

John when you use it plug those little holes with foil,it will make keeping the temp easier also clean up
Richie

Thanks Richie,
However what appears to be little holes in the sheet metal are actually dimples in the metal. Fortunately no holes.

Doing a burn out tomorrow and I should be ready to go after that.

John

 

[chopsaw]

BC , did you take the lower grate out ?

 

[tropics]

Sorry I said that wrong.I tried to put arrows were you may have an air leak

Richie
You are going to love how little fuel you use & the temp control.Looking forward to your smoke

 

[BandCollector]

BC , did you take the lower grate out ?

No, the lower grate is in place to support the charcoal basket and sheet metal.

Sorry I said that wrong.I tried to put arrows were you may have an air leak
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Richie
You are going to love how little fuel you use & the temp control.Looking forward to your smoke

Oh, I see now what you were referring to. Thanks. How did you insert those little arrows? That's pretty neat!

John

 

[tropics]

No, the lower grate is in place to support the charcoal basket and sheet metal.



Oh, I see now what you were referring to. Thanks. How did you insert those little arrows? That's pretty neat!

John

John I did right click on the mouse.A drop down window opened it had EDIT so I try that and it worked.

 

[BandCollector]

John I did right click on the mouse.A drop down window opened it had EDIT so I try that and it worked.
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You my friend are a computer Ninja!

Thanks,

John

 

[SmokinAl]

Nice work, can't wait to see how it works for you!
Al

 

[gmc2003]

Looks like a nice fit. You'll get plenty use out of that.

Point for sure

Chris

 

[yankee2bbq]

I am interested in this. How exactly does this work? Food directly on the sheet metal?

 

[gmc2003]

Yankee, no the meat still goes on the grate. The sheet metal helps protect the meat from direct heat.

Chris

 

[BandCollector]

Yankee, no the meat still goes on the grate. The sheet metal helps protect the meat from direct heat.

Chris

Yes Yankee,

What Chris said. The sheet metal sits directly on the charcoal grate and the charcoal is placed in the basket on the side (the basket is also sitting on the charcoal grate). A drip pan can be placed on the sheet metal under whatever it is you are cooking/smoking away from the charcoal (thus the vertical barrier). The cooking grate still sits where it always does above the sheet metal which is now protecting the meat from any direct heat. Basically the same thing one always does when indirect cooking but now you can't see the charcoal grate and all the heat is directed up the opening where the charcoal basket is. If you need more pictures I would be happy to send them to you via text or email.

I hope this helps,

John

 

[BandCollector]

Nice work, can't wait to see how it works for you!
Al

Thanks Al,

I've learned a great deal from you as well!

Looks like a nice fit. You'll get plenty use out of that.

Point for sure

Chris

Thanks Chris,

Appreciate the Point (ops, Like). The fitting was my greatest challenge. I fitted a piece of cardboard to the side of the kettle until I got the correct radius and then transposed that pattern to the vertical portion of the sheet metal. For the the round portion, I just simply used the charcoal grate as my tracing guide. Tried to cut the sheet metal with a saber saw but the metal was vibrating all over the place so I used a good pair of tin snips.

Thanks again,

John

 

[yankee2bbq]

Ohhh! I understand now! That’s pretty cool. What gauge sheet metal did you use?

 

[BandCollector]

Ohhh! I understand now! That’s pretty cool. What gauge sheet metal did you use?

LOL! I honestly do not know what the gauge was but it was thin enough to cut with tin snips but not too thin as to not have any backbone. If you wish I could check with my calipers and get back to you.

John