Vision Grill - chimney

[bbq_joe]

Unfortunately I don’t have a awning to keep the rain off of the grill in bad weather. Well, I sure hadn’t planned on letting a little storm derail my plans of smoking ribs Saturday. So, does anyone know of a good fix for keeping the rain out of a vision grill top vent? I contacted SmokeWare and unfortunately their cap does not fit the vision.

Any suggestions or tips one could throw my way?

Thank you in advance!

[jfmorris]

Might something like this, available at about any hardware store, work?

https://www.lowes.com/pd/IMPERIAL-4-in-Dia-Galvanized-Steel-Rain-Cap/1000237505

I am thinking just set it over the vent, obviously if it is windy out, this might blow off...

[jfmorris]

Or even something like a duct end cap, available in stock in 6" and 8" sizes. Use tin snips or a drill to make holes in the sides, and let it sit over the top vent of the manado...

https://www.lowes.com/pd/IMPERIAL-6-in-dia-Galvanized-Steel-Round-End-Cap/3711202

[bbq_joe]

Thank you. I hadn’t even looked at Lowe’s yet.

[LA Pork Butt]

If you have a market umbrella with a patio set that could help. Also, I have seen a cover on Amazon that works on a Big Green Egg.

https://www.amazon.com/Kamado-Chimney-Cap-Green-Med-XXL/dp/B016MUMOH8/?tag=amazingribs--20

[LA Pork Butt]

bbq_joe see above.

[bbq_joe]

I have seen that. 42$ and then $5 for shipping; I just think $47 is awfully high for that. Maybe I’m wrong?

[LA Pork Butt]

bbq_joe I think it is high, too. You might want to invest in one of those umbrellas and set it up so you can take it down when you don’t need it. That way you and your grill stay dry.

[bbq_joe]

I think I’m merely going to zip tie an umbrella to a lawn chair this weekend. The grill is new and I am dying to have a slab of ribs. I can’t let a little rain stop me.

[mnavarre]

Even a pie tin and some nuts & bolts to hold it off the top of the chimney seems like it would work.

Hmm.. Rain nor snow nor repeated trips to the hardware store because we forgot that one thing shall keep us from our appointed ribs.

[bbq_joe]

Do you guys think this would work or cut off to much air flow?

[LA Pork Butt]

Other than the possibility of a strong wind blowing it off I think it would work great.

[bbq_joe]

Well, afraid it would restrict to much air flow I ended up driving down the road to another hardware store. I found what I had seen on some other sites....
So, $10 will take care of my issue I think......for now.

[klflowers]

A little water can't get between an man and his ribs

[Polarbear777]

Set a brick or rock on top of it so the wind won’t blow it off. If you want to be fancy you can put some gasket material where it contacts the kamado so you don’t scratch it.