{"id":746,"date":"2023-07-22T20:13:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T03:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/?p=746"},"modified":"2023-07-22T20:13:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T03:13:04","slug":"weber-smokey-joe-mods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/2023\/07\/22\/weber-smokey-joe-mods\/","title":{"rendered":"Weber Smokey Joe Mods"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_1368-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_1368-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_1368-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_1368.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Weber Smokey Joe Mod &#8211; vent handle and thermometer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>When talking a great all around grill\/smoker, the lowest common denominator is the Weber Kettle. You can set it up for direct or indirect heat as well as smoke on it. It\u2019s been the gold standard for years. You look at the universal symbol for a BBQ grill and what do you see? The lovely Weber Kettle shape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When camping, it\u2019s a given that there will be some grillin\u2019. That\u2019s just how it is in my world. The problem with camping grilling is that you still want that classic grilling experience and flavor but without all the space and weight.  Enter the humble Weber Smokey Joe. Small. Lightweight. Classic kettle experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grilling steaks and smoking brats are my two favorites. I\u2019m talking REALLY smoking them brats. Indirect heat. Put some cross hatch cuts in them things, throw a chunk of hickory or mesquite on the coals, and cook them low and slow for about 45 minutes. Brats don\u2019t get any better than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So why not mod this baby to make it more like it\u2019s big brother, right? That\u2019s exactly what I did. I saw these mods done by other YouTubers and took a page out of their playbooks. I drilled\/dremelled out the rivet holding the lid vent on, widened the hole,  and inserted a Lava Lock thermometer with a lock washer and wing nut. Also, added a Lava Lock lever to the vent so I don\u2019t have to grab some gloves to adjust the airflow. Same thing on the bottom vent &#8211; drilled a hole in the small grip and added a stay-cool lever. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_1369-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_1369-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_1369-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_1369.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Weber Smokey Joe mod &#8211; lever on the bottom vent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic mods to the lowly Weber Smokey Joe kettle grill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[189],"tags":[415,418,420,419,416,417],"class_list":["post-746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camping","tag-grilling","tag-kettle","tag-mods","tag-smokey-joe","tag-smoking","tag-weber"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_1368.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":747,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions\/747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}