Smoking with an egg

This is how I do it

Adding wood to a regular barby like a Weber is easy, adding it to an egg is a pain especially when using the platesetter so I dreamt this up.

I used a machine screw with 3 nuts, a circular piece of steel which is a bit dished, a stainless steel jug and a grid from a potato ricer. The bottom plate from the egg with the holes is made from a soft cast iron which is easily drilled. Anyone that needs detailed instructions probably shouldn't go too near fire. 

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Fill the jug with chips, top up with water and put the grid on. The grid's not essential but prevents hot charcoal going into the chips if you dump it from a chimney starter.

It takes 30 minutes or so to boil off the water and start the smoking by which time the egg should have come up to temperature and the food loaded.

Dampening the wood is a waste of time with a Weber; the wood won't smoke whilst it's wet so you just delay the inevitable, it doesn't make the chips smoulder for longer either, the trick for that is to pack them in metal foil and punch some holes in it. However, with the egg, the water prevents wasting the chips before they're needed.

This is the first one in the world.