The lit coals will slowly ignite the next ones, and so on, for a slow, long burn. If you're going the Cooky Cat route, now you set some (6 or so) lit coals on the top of the open patch of your charcoal pile along with a nice piece of hardwood. (This is where the DIY types will want to be getting their sheet metal and the oxy-acetylene cutting torches out to fabricate a righteous version of a heat shield.
Intersperse with hardwood for the smoke. Make a heat shield with heavy aluminum foil.
Just to set up a big pile of unlit charcoal pieces on one side of the kettle. The photo image should pretty much explain it. If you do invest in anything, upgrade to the 22.5 inch Weber hinged grill.īut this Cat likes to keep things casual anyway. So here we go. That's tempting, but we don't cook this way often enough to justify the purchase. You could go out and get a device that pumps air into the system at a calibrated rate that is hooked up to a thermometer. There's no end of things you can spend your money on to get the smoked BarBQ trip accomplished. This is for those who have a Weber type kettle and want to get down on some ribs or have a pulled pork fiesta now and then. The low temperature ensures a slow cook so there's lots of time to develop a good smoke flavor deep into said meat. The thing about slow hot smoked meats is the need to keep the temperature low but just high enough so the meat gets cooked to the proper done temperature.
How to set up a 22.5" Weber type kettle barbecue grill for smoking your ribs, your fowls.