Shape & Size: Some smokers are flat in shape, while some are v-shaped. With flat boxes, not all grills can accommodate them well, while v-shaped boxes tend to be able to slot between your burner covers quite well.

Another comment is that this box should be iron instead of stainless steel. I disagree. Iron rusts.Close the lid of the grill and wait a few minutes for smoke to pour out of the grill. Now it’s time to lower the heat of the dedicated burner under the smoker box to medium or low so that the wood will smolder slowly.

Wood smoker boxes transform your run-of-the-mill gas grill into a BBQ smoker, elevating your food with smoky flavors good enough to tempt any hardened barbecue lover. This cost-effective grill accessory is a must-have for any fan of wood-smoked barbecue and a must-have for anyone wanting to give their gas-grilled food that little bit more punch. Its dimensions make it wide but shallow. This helps keep heat distribution within your grill very even, reducing the risk of dreaded ‘hot spots’ (or indeed cold!) and helping to cook a greater area of food. The key to a good smoker box is to not dominate the grill, and this box from Cave Tools fits the bill perfectly. For a gas barbecue, you will need the same handy bbq utensils any grill requires, including a grate brush and scraper set, tongs, gloves and other essentials. They also benefit from bbq accessories such as pizza stones or grilling trays, for delivering crispy crust pizzas and tasty pancakes. Charcoal barbecue accessoriesAs can be seen in the above diagram from Weber’s patent the smoker box is placed across the grease deflector bars in a gas grill. It’s positioned so that the left side of the smoker box and water pan are resting on a deflector bar (labeled 2224) without a burner beneath it. The right side of the smoker box rests on a deflector bar (labeled 2222) above a burner (labeled 2214), creating zones within smoker box. Smoker Box Zones Stainless steel or cast iron is your best bet, as they will retain heat well while guarding the chips from overheating and burning out. Further to this, they’ll also be durable so will help to withstand being exposed to high cooking temperatures time and time again without rusting or falling apart. How to use a smoker box I don’t remember everything from science class, but I do remember that water boils at 212℉. And since wood doesn’t combust to until well over 500℉, physics says that the heat energy can’t ignite the wood until all the water has been boiled off. When I first got started in BBQ, I had to use a smoker box on my propane gas grill since I didn’t have an actual smoker. When I was using a smoker box, I learned a lot of dos and don’ts that I thought would be good to share. From simple skewers to rotating rotisseries and tongs, spatulas, bbq cleaning brushes or bbq utensils for every occasion, Weber’s superb range of bbq accessories will make grilling for family and friends a pleasure. Mitts, gloves and aprons for maximum safety

Preheat your grill with all burners on high for about 10-15 minutes. Once the grill is preheated, you will set up the grill for indirect cooking (in a later step). If you light a BBQ in advance and are adding your smoker box to a gas grill which has been allowed to heat up for the recommended 10-15 minutes then it should take another 10-15 minutes for the box to start smoking. Add wood chips to your smoker box.Using long-handled tongs, open the lid of the smoker box. Grab some of the soaked wood chips with the tongs, let the excess water drain off, and drop the wood chips into the smoker box. Place the meat or vegetables on the grate, close the lid and let the food cook. The closer your food is to the smoker box, the more smoky it’s going to taste. As a leader in the gas grill segment, it’s important for Weber to keep improving the functionality of gas grills. Last week CookOut News reported on a dual-burner assembly that Weber developed and now there’s another patent to improve gas grills. A patent has been released showing Weber has developed an L-shaped smoker box with an attached water pan to increase smoke times. Smoker BoxI have the Weber S-330. I put the smoker box over the right burner. I have all the other burners off and govern the heat by the one burner. Note: If you leave the right burner on high and all the other burners off your max temperature is around 350 degrees. That is in the summer time with around an outside temperature of 80 degrees. From there you can work the temperature down. ;-)

Some bbq utensils are dishwasher safe, but gentle washing up by hand will help to keep your bbq accessories looking their best for longer. Always wash your Weber knives by hand, one at a time, so that you don’t cut yourself when reaching into soapy water. If you need to soak off tough residues, place the items in a shallow tray with soapy water for several hours. Where do I store my BBQ tools when not in use? How long do wood chips take to smoke? When placed in a hot grill over a lit burner, wood chips typically start smoking within 5-20 minutes. The amount of time will depend on the burner’s heat output (BTUs), type of wood, and the wood’s moisture content. With that being said, the best thermometer I have ever used has been the Thermapen Mk4 ( they are definitely worth the money) ( they are definitely worth the money). I have tried several imitators out there, but nothing compares to genuine products from ThermoWorks. Yes, they may seem a little pricey, but trust me, you get what you pay for.

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Our tailor-made range of barbecue mitts, gloves and aprons will keep you looking smart and protect your hands and clothing from a hot, busy bbq as you sear a juicy steak or flip a homemade burger. Comfortable, hard-wearing and easy to clean, they are everything you look for in bbq clothing and equipment. Professional cleaning tools First off you really need to follow the directions and let the chips sit on the grill for 20 minutes plus. You will have no smoke and then all of a sudden you have good smoke. It works great. I like the easy opening lid on the smoke box. It makes it easy to add wood chips to the box. Also I can move the smoker to anywhere on the grill. If I am not smoking i.e. when I have the hordes of family member over for a birthday etc, I take the unit off the grill and I have the full grill top. This unit is flexible. Setting up a gas grill for smoking can be very easy, especially if the grill is equipped with a built-in smoker box; however, there is a way to create smoke even without a built-in smoker box. As for poultry, you should cook it to the temperature of 160℉ in the breast, and 175℉ in the thigh before removing from the grill. While this is slightly lower than the minimum safe temperature, this allows an additional 5℉ to 10℉ of carryover cooking it will do while resting. The wood chips themselves can’t actually start burning, thus releasing their flavory goodness, until all the water has been evaporated out. That’s right, what you are seeing initially is steam, not smoke.