So what did you make on your Weber Kettle today?

I made a whole chicken.  

A roast on the BGE and a pork butt on the Traeger.

So I wanted the nicer ash catcher for my basic kettle.  I looked up the price of the parts  and could not justify the price.   A well used one popped up on market place for $20.   It had the catcher and the thermometer I wanted.  I pulled the parts and put them on my new basic kettle.   I had planned to trash the old one but it just seemed wasteful.  The ash sweep was shot and I decided to roll the dice on an aftermarket one. It needed a ton of scraping to get the junk off.  A stainless bolt and fender washer filled the hole from the thermometer and I was in business.  
Today was its first cook.  I’ll keep oil on the rust on the lid and see how long this old thing keeps going.  

So for a grand total of $34 I got the parts for my other kettle and another functional kettle.







Cooked up some Hot Italian sausage.

A 11lb pork butt for tonight’s dinner.

Simple ribeyes on the kettle tonight.

Small 5.8 pound brisket from last summer's steer.
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Nice!

A quick dinner.  

Chilean Sea Bass.

No pics.  We ate it.

Virtually any fish cooked over charcoal turns out pretty tasty.  And if you want to keep it simple, a squeeze of lime is all you need.

Quick and easy dinner tonight.  Pork tenderloin on the kettle.  The venom kept the temp at a perfect 375.  Applewood gave it the perfect flavor.  

Makes for a build the fire, then set it and forget it kinda deal.  

Grilled some sirloin steaks on the Weber Performer.

The built in gas torch makes lighting the charcoal chimney much easier.

No pics of the freshly finished product, just the left overs.  Missing is the pic of the broccoli.



Cook time of about 22 minutes at ripping hot.