I thought the first day of the year would be a good day for a first smoke on the new copper kettle. Up for eating this evening will be baby back ribs cooked using the Last Meal Ribs recipe. This is going to be an interesting cook as I don't have a smokenator. I did a little improvisation to set up low and slow smoking. I think it's time for some pics.
This is a Weber rack that goes on the charcoal grate and holds the charcoal off to the side.

Here I've installed the charcoal "basket". I placed my Grill Grates on the charcoal grate as well. I'm going to put the water pan on them, which should help conduct heat into the water and give me more humidity to help with smoke adhesion.

I used my last Grill Grate as a heat deflector to help set up two-zone cooking.

Added the water pan and charcoal

In this pic I had just added a chunk of apple wood. Nice and thin smoke!

This is a Weber rack that goes on the charcoal grate and holds the charcoal off to the side.
Here I've installed the charcoal "basket". I placed my Grill Grates on the charcoal grate as well. I'm going to put the water pan on them, which should help conduct heat into the water and give me more humidity to help with smoke adhesion.
I used my last Grill Grate as a heat deflector to help set up two-zone cooking.
Added the water pan and charcoal
In this pic I had just added a chunk of apple wood. Nice and thin smoke!
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