Weber Universal Barbecue Smoker Box | Grill BBQ Smoker Box | Use Wood Chips to Add Smoky Flavour to your BBQ Food | Suitable for Gas, Charcoal and Electric Barbecues - Black (17179)

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Enhance your grill with a Weber grilling basket, ideal for adding a crispy bite to crunchy veg or a delicate sear to a fish fillet. Our premium and deluxe grilling trays, baskets and boxes can be used time and again, to easily add cooking zones to a grill. Takeaway accessories: tableware and cutlery First, you will need a smoker box, or you can make one of your own. Either way works, except commercial boxes will be made of better materials, are reusable, and a less of a “screw with it†factor. As 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 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. I 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. ;-)

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. What I really like about this one is its smoking potential. Its size means that its smoke output is extremely impressive, and surpasses most of the other boxes on this list.How that the grill burners are set up correctly, you now can place the smoker box over the remaining lit burner (in my case it would be the one on the right). With the box in place, close your lid and let your grill settle down to its new temperature. 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.

Material:While a smoker box is in essence a really simple tool, there is a big difference in cheaper and elite models. This difference can usually be found in the type of metal that they’re made of. Mild, delicate, and subtly sweet. Good choice for avoiding overpowering the flavor of “lighterâ€, more delicate, meats. 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 toolsMild, mellow, and subtly sweet. It’s flavor profile also makes it a good for blending with other woods to add complexity. 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? 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.

Once the box starts smoking, set up the grill for indirect cooking by turning off all burners the food will be over. Strong and pungent wood that is sweet and adds a strong smokey flavor. Be careful not to use too much (a little goes a long way). You can place the smoker either on the grate or below it. The box should be as close to the heat source as possible, so if you’re using a gas grill then place it right above the burners. Once you have a box or something to hold the chips, simply load the wood chips of your choice and close it up (or wrap it up if you are using a foil ball method). What wood chips should I use?

This smoke flow makes them an easy and cost-effective way to get fantastic smokey flavors from your grill that you otherwise wouldn’t be able to. How to choose your smoker box Spread out the wood chips so they cover the bottom of the box, directly exposing as many chips as possible to the burner below. As you can see, and my personal experiences have confirmed, soaking doesn’t seem to do anything except give people the false impression that the chips are producing more smoke for longer periods. What’s actually happening is that the wet chips produce steam until they are completely dry, then they start burning and producing smoke. So soaking your wood chips only delays the time it takes for the smoking process to start. How to Setup Your Grill For Smoking 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.

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. 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 key to a good smoker box is to not dominate the grill, and this box from Cave Tools fits the bill perfectly.Famous all over the world, the Weber® kettle is the iconic charcoal barbecue. Of timeless design, quality build and finish and in most cases as versatile as any of its gas cousins, there is a Weber® charcoal BBQ for everyone. When cooking, be sure to keep the lid of your grill closed. This will keep the smoke condensed in your grill’s barrel, and help make your food rich in smoky, BBQ goodness. What’s advantageous of the zoned setup is it slows the burn rate within the smoker box, allowing for longer smoke times. The ignition zone is directly over a burner, so the smolder starts there first, then slowly follows along the L shape. It eventually reaches the end zone, once all of the content of the smoker box are done burning. Water Pan Because of how simple they are, they can be used with almost any gas grill, and can even be used with charcoal grills too.