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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Charcoal Grills => Topic started by: squirtthecat on May 11, 2015, 09:53:33 AM

Title: Question for the Weber guys...
Post by: squirtthecat on May 11, 2015, 09:53:33 AM

We're loving our new WSM, it is a wing cooking machine.

However, that top rack (same as the one on my kettle), has the stupid huge gap near the handles.    I keep having to rescue wings that roll through the gap and onto the lower rack.    I'm dumping in 10lb bags - 5 dozen wings - at a pop.   Gently arranging them 1 at a time isn't an option.

Any neat tricks for utilizing that gap??

I though about trimming some old frogmats to fit over the handle and fill that area in, but I doubt they will survive the heat from the lump we are burning.


TIA!
STC.


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Title: Re: Question for the Weber guys...
Post by: teesquare on May 11, 2015, 09:58:17 AM
I know that the 'Q mat I have from Amazen Products is good for 500F.  I would think that would do it.....?
Title: Re: Question for the Weber guys...
Post by: smokeasaurus on May 11, 2015, 12:32:43 PM
You could wire in a small pc of expanded metal on each side...................you can get the thinner stuff at the hardware store so it would be easy to work with......
Title: Re: Question for the Weber guys...
Post by: squirtthecat on May 11, 2015, 02:04:18 PM
You could wire in a small pc of expanded metal on each side...................you can get the thinner stuff at the hardware store so it would be easy to work with......

That's kind of what I was thinking as well.    I was looking for a big pizza screen, but they don't make them 22" across..
Title: Re: Question for the Weber guys...
Post by: LostArrow on May 11, 2015, 03:32:45 PM
You could wire in a small pc of expanded metal on each side...................you can get the thinner stuff at the hardware store so it would be easy to work with......

That's kind of what I was thinking as well.    I was looking for a big pizza screen, but they don't make them 22" across..
Found one !
A lot easier than building something
http://www.webstaurantstore.com/22-aluminum-pizza-screen/40718722.html
Title: Re: Question for the Weber guys...
Post by: squirtthecat on May 11, 2015, 03:49:43 PM
You could wire in a small pc of expanded metal on each side...................you can get the thinner stuff at the hardware store so it would be easy to work with......

That's kind of what I was thinking as well.    I was looking for a big pizza screen, but they don't make them 22" across..
Found one !
A lot easier than building something
http://www.webstaurantstore.com/22-aluminum-pizza-screen/40718722.html

Winner!

We order from them every few weeks...     Why didn't I look there before??   


Thanks everyone!