Just bought a new (used) 18" WSM from a guy via craigslist. He also threw in a 22.5" kettle. He just bought a BGE so he was looking to down size as he is getting ready to move out of state. As we were loading the equipment into our van, I was extolling the virtues of AR and the Pitmaster Club. He blew my mind by saying he was a member as well. Small world! He also had another mid section he included. I went to the Weber Virtual Bullet forum and asked if anyone had stacked the units and apparently it can be done. I stacked the new mid section on the old one but had some serious gaps. I switched the out and had a much better seal. He also included a gasket kit and hinge. I now have 2 WSM's and 4 kettles.
Scotch: Current favorite- The Arran (anything by them), Glenmorangie 12yr Lasanta, sherry cask finished. The Balvenie Double Wood, also like Oban 18yr, and The Glenlivet Nadurra (Oloroso sherry cask finished) among others. Neat please.
About meReal name: Aaron
Location: Farwell, Michigan- near Clare. (dead center of lower peninsula)
Occupation:
Healthcare- Licensed & Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) at MyMichigan Health, a University of Michigan Health System.
Scotch: Current favorite- The Arran (anything by them), Glenmorangie 12yr Lasanta, sherry cask finished. The Balvenie Double Wood, also like Oban 18yr, and The Glenlivet Nadurra (Oloroso sherry cask finished) among others. Neat please.
About meReal name: Aaron
Location: Farwell, Michigan- near Clare. (dead center of lower peninsula)
Occupation:
Healthcare- Licensed & Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) at MyMichigan Health, a University of Michigan Health System.
FLBuckeye congrats! You'll soon be in the running for the 'longest signature' award if you keep that up! Although David Parrish and Max Good will be hard to beat.
The escalations continue in the war to own the most grills. I'm pretty sure though I am in at LEAST third place after Candy and Max. MH prob has me beat too.
The extra WSM will also help out a lot when I compete. I will be able to do two butts, a brisket, and ribs on the 2 WSM's. The chicken I can do on a kettle. More money muscle to work with for turn in. For the Florida BBQ Association events, they require eight pieces as opposed to six pieces with the KCBS events. We are camping this long weekend and I will be cooking pork and chicken on Friday and brisket on Saturday. Cooking for 13
That stacked WSM is a clever idea. Since Weber grills are all modular individual parts (center ring, grates, etc) can be purchased separately. The only drawback I see with the stacked cooker is that it looks like a step stool might be needed to access the top of it.
Started Low-N-Slow BBQ in 2012. Obviously, it's taken hold (in chronological order:
1.) A pair of Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5's
2.) #LilTex, a 22" Expensive Offset Smoker (looks like a Yoder Witicha)
3.) #WhoDat1, a HUGE Gravity Fed Insulated Cabinet Smoker (cooking chamber 3'x2'x6')
4.) A Full Size Commercial Dryer/converted to Vertical Smoker.
5.) Jambo Backyard stickburner (my FAVORITE Pit so far)
6.) GrillMeister, a huge 24"x48" Adjustable, Charcoal Grill from Pitmaker.com
7.) 22" Weber Kettle with Slow-N-Sear
8.) Vault insulated reverse-flow cabinet smoker from Pitmaker
9.) BarbecueFiretruck...under development
10.) 26 foot BBQ Vending Trailer equipped with HUGE Myron Mixon 72xc smoker is HERE, Oct 2016!
11.) Opened www.PaulsRibShackBarbecue.com Food Trailer officially in March 2017
12.) Austin Smoke Works 500 Gallon Propane Tank Offset Smoker, named "Lucille" as travel pit for PaulsRibShack, Oct 2018.
12.) Opening Brick & Mortar location at 4800 Nelson Rd, Spring 2019. Had a pair of 1,000 Gallon Austin Smoke Works pits, both in RibShackRed for our new place!
Fabulous Backlit Thermapens, several Maverick Remote Thermometers (don't use any remotes anymore), Thermoworks Smoke, Other Thermoworks toys, Vacuum sealer, lots and lots of equipment...
I'm loving using BBQ to make friends and build connections.
I have #theRibList where I keep a list of new and old friends and whenever I'm cooking, I make 1 to 20 extra and share the joy.
It's tough to have too many WSM's. I have a pair of 22.5's. And when I'm thinking of doing more than 20 rack of ribs (I can cook 10 racks per 22.5 WSM), I start itching to get another one.
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