I think Huskee does. I see they are now constructed of SS and the new version is $40 and available for pre-order. I thought about getting one before but wondered if it took up too much real estate in a Jumbo Joe.
Whether cooking for two or looking for quality grilling and smoking on the go, the Slow ‘N Sear charcoal basket brings the flexibility of two zone cooking perfected by the Slow ‘N Sear to your 18″ grill.
I use one in my Jumbo Joe, takes up about half the real estate, but do enjoy it. So easy when I do use the J.J., which reminds me I need to smoke a small pork butt and that might just do the trick. I would not hesitate to buy a SS version for my J.J. if I didn’t already have one.
Doesn't fit 18 inch Webber grills
despite what seller's description says these baskets are too tall to fit an 18,5 inch Webber grill. the topgrate rests on the baskets leaving a tilted unstable hot grate.
I bought one recently for my Jumbo Joe, which is 18" in diameter. I have used it only twice so I am no expert with it but I like what it has done for me so far. It takes up approx half the grill space, but I only use the Jumbo Joe to cook for my wife and myself. I use a PBC for larger cooks. For smoking two zone, I smoke on cool side and reverse sear on hot side. I put an aluminum water pan on food grate above the coals and have wrapped the lower (charcoal) grate on the cool side (horizontal with the coals on the hot side) with aluminum foil to catch drips as well as to channel incoming air flow away from the food and directs it into the bottom of the SNS basket. If needed, and it usually is, I add other aluminum pan beneath the food on cool side to catch drippings.
I use one in my 22" Weber kettle. It is almost a permanent installation as the bulk of my cooking is indirect heat. Can't imagine going back to cooking without it.
This is a correct conclusion. The weber basket works just fine, i do, however, like the sloped sides of the SnS....And when I bought it, I was "all in" on the SnS craze. Not that Dave doesn't have a great product, it's just I could've gone without for my J.J. But alas, I own it and will use it.
Equipment:
'88 Vintage Fire Magic gasser with over 4000 cooks to its credit
Large Big Green Egg
18 Inch Weber Kettle (Rescued from neighbor's trash)
Rotisserie for 18 inch kettle
Dyna Glo propane smoker
Pit Barrel Cooker
Smokey Joe with mini WSM mod
Garcima paella burner
Anova Sous Vide
Slaiya Sous Vide (gift)
LEM grinder, sausage stuffer and meat slicer (all gifts)
I don't have a Jumbo Joe, but I have an SNS charcoal basket and a pair of Webber baskets for my 18" kettle. For shorter cooks, the Webber baskets are fine, but for longer cooks, the SNS basket is superior. Here's a picture of several pieces of boneless beef chuck rib pastrami after almost 6 hours.
I guess the capacity of the basket is necessary if one is going to smoke something with it. But in my case with a 14.5 WSM, a PBC, the 22" edition of the SnS for my 26 and an OKJ offset stick burner I'd never see myself smoking in the JJ.
I am a big fan of the SNS product though. This past Monday it was mid 50's here in Michigan and I wasn't working. I threw a chuck roast, canned whole tomatoes and a couple of other odds and ends into my OKJ and ran small hickory splits and pecan chunks for 3 hours. At the 3 hour mark the odds and ends were done and I needed to do something more productive than babysit the stick burner so I moved the chuck to the big kettle with the SnS. Over the course of 6 hours I made 1 minor adjustment to the top vent and that was it. It was dialed in and I didn't have to do anything; it just ran flawlessly.
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