Mini WSM...so far, so good

This morning my 4 year old son and I put together the mini-WSM. We used an IMUSA pot and cut the bottom out. We're using the steamer plate as the diffuser. I put a grate 4" down from the pot's bottom lip.

Right now it's coming up to temp and I'm going to smoke some short ribs on it. Super easy project. I haven't painted it yet because I'm impatient, and I want to wait to paint it until I'm sure I'm finished drilling holes in the pot.

I'm considering adding an additional hole for my probes and possibly 1 or 2 more grate levels. I have the pot's lid to use when I need to take the pot off and set the pot somewhere. I don't want to put the pot on the ground or dirt if I'm camping.

c farmer said:

Looks great. You will love the way it cooks.

Did you make a charcoal basket for it?

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Thanks, c. I did not make a charcoal basket for it, but that is on my list of potential changes. As of now it's running at 234 using the minion method with some hickory.

jayman said:

Looks good! so the squeezing of the lip worked?

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I actually left it as is. There's no smoke coming out around the lip, so I think I'm all set!

FC BBQ said:

I'm going to have to make one of these this winter.

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You should!