As I mentioned earlier, I brought our old, semi-retired kettle home from our deer camp due to the fire ban. She was 'tired' when I brought her down there, although she has always refused to die... but this burn ban is really cramping you cooking, so she is back and ready for a retro.
Yesterday I gave her a very thorough cleaning & oiled her all up (as the vents were rusted & would not function). In addition, I wire brushed & the seasoned both the grates & fixed the dry-rotted wood handles... I do believe she will live with us for at least another couple of years!!!
Now the reason I really brought her back is because our gasser (Weber 320), as good as it is, does not give our food the smoked flavor that we have become accustomed to... even with our big smoke bombs, so I'm going to have to do some Jerry-rigging... I'm not going to pay $80 for a fancy accessory that I can actually improvise for the cost of my time (which is free in this case)!!!
So I built a charcoal/wood basket out of a small piece of expanded metal that I had laying around... I started by building a cardboard template & then used it to mark & cut the pieces. After wiring it together, we are almost there. I will go pick up a couple of thin firebricks to act as heat sink & use an old loaf pan for holding water (humidifier) and we are good to go for a test run tomorrow.
Yesterday I gave her a very thorough cleaning & oiled her all up (as the vents were rusted & would not function). In addition, I wire brushed & the seasoned both the grates & fixed the dry-rotted wood handles... I do believe she will live with us for at least another couple of years!!!
Now the reason I really brought her back is because our gasser (Weber 320), as good as it is, does not give our food the smoked flavor that we have become accustomed to... even with our big smoke bombs, so I'm going to have to do some Jerry-rigging... I'm not going to pay $80 for a fancy accessory that I can actually improvise for the cost of my time (which is free in this case)!!!
So I built a charcoal/wood basket out of a small piece of expanded metal that I had laying around... I started by building a cardboard template & then used it to mark & cut the pieces. After wiring it together, we are almost there. I will go pick up a couple of thin firebricks to act as heat sink & use an old loaf pan for holding water (humidifier) and we are good to go for a test run tomorrow.