How to convert the Kamado Kooker to a water smoker. I got tired of waiting around for Char-Grillers to come up with one so I made my own. You can buy a 17" charcoal grate from Home Depot, and set on the secondary shelf but the water pan is too tall for the cast iron Grill to set perfectly where it needs to be. And the meat would be directly over the water pan awith no room for air to circulate around it.
Basically cost me ~$20. I bought a 13" x 4" water pan from an off- brand company on
Amazon (the same one as in the Brinkman dome smoker), Drilled 4 holes, headed to Home Depot for some chain and some threaded eye bolts. The pictures tell the rest. I ended up only needing 5 chain-links as you can see in the first pic, I didn't know what I was thinking.
1. The hardware: Trimed each down to 4 links and only used 4.
2. Fits perfect. About 3" over the briquettes/lump charcoal
3. Although not needed the ceramic stone can be used and leaves about 1.5" for the water vapor to escape and permeate.
There is also room in case additional fuel/hardwood chunks need to be added.
Commercial bakers use water vapor in ovens to make 'Crusty Breads' like baguettes and french bread. Can't wait to try
this. I would set my
pizza stone on top of the grill.
5. Sorry for the crappy iPhone pictures
6. First water smoke was a 9 LB rubbed turkey breast (3.5-4 Hours) and some planked Sockeye (40 minutes)
Came out wonderful.
The wires are from my
Thermo Works
Hope this helps.
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