Weber Genesis II smoke

[Swedish Chef]

Still trying and learning on my new grill. Yesterday I was doing a brisket, and added wood for smoke as per Meathead's instructions, by "wedging" between 2 flavor bars. Worked well until the wood burned down to a size where it just fell in the cookbox, down the hopper and out in to the grease tray. Didn't think of it yesterday, but this morning the little grey cells were grinding over this. Don't really want the smoldering wood catching the grease on fire, so I need your input to see if this sounds like a solution. I have a 3 burner, and 5 vaporizing bars. What if I take one one the bars, that is not over a burner, turn it upside down (as a "v") and lay that between 2 inverted bars, as a "smoke box". This way I would have a trough that the wood and ashes would stay in, rather than falling in to the cookbox. Looking for comments and suggestions.

[Spinaker]

I like that idea. It is a good one. I add the wood to my gasser every time I cook. I guess I never thought about were the ashes go. I haven't had any problems yet, But that doesn't mean I won't. Good idea.

[Brewmaster]

I use Mo's smoking pouch and it keeps in the ash, I just lay it on the flavor bars

[MBMorgan]

I just make a foil smoke pouch (filled with dry chips) whenever I feel the need for smoke in my gasser. No ashes ... no cleanup (beyond removing the spent pouch) ... no problem!

[Potkettleblack]

I use the Mo Pouch and my pellet tube on my Genesis 1. But this inverted V idea seems like a good idea... my only concern would be airflow.

[Thunder77]

Home Depot has these:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Charcoal-Companion-Stainless-Steel-Gas-Grill-V-Smoker-Box-Long-CC4066/204780032

I use one on my gasser a lot. They also have a short version.

[bten]

I used one when I had my weber spirit grill.

[bten]

I gave one of these to my son. He uses pellets for smoking.

https://www.amazon.com/Charcoal-Companion-Stainless-V-Smoker-Pellet/dp/B00IJZC9VG/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1496371661&sr=8-5&keywords=pellet+smoker+box

They also have a long version

[Thunder77]

That looks pretty cool.

[bten]

The nice thing is that you can leave the funnel in and add pellets during the smoke without having to lift the grates.

[Baltassar]

I use Mo's pouch, and have found it to work very well. All these tubes, pouches, boxes, whatever, work on the same principle. The main thing I've concluded is that at low and slow temps you need to put whatever you are using below the grate. For temps in the 325 range you can just set it one top, not problem, if you've got the room. I find that pellets work very well, compared to wood chips; but it all goes up in smoke in the end. I like the design of the Home Depot thing, but I wonder if it lets in too much air. The thing about Mo's pouch is that it produces a nice smolder.

[bten]

I have a gasser with ceramic briquettes, so not much room under the grates. I use Mo's pouch as well. I just started using a tube with pellets for long smokes, gives smoke longer, but sits above the grates.

[jgreen]

Like several of the others, I use a smoke box for chips or chunks and a pellet tube to get longer smokes. Interesting issue on the ash, but mine is usually contained.