DISCONTINUED WEBER Q ACCESSORIES: Smoker Box, Roasting Rack, Convection Tray Alternatives (2020)
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- Today I'm going to share alternatives and workarounds to a couple of discontinued* Weber Q accessories: the Weber smoker box, as well as the Weber Q roasting pack which consists of the aluminum convection trays, and the roasting rack/trivet.
*discontinued in the United States... these are still available in Australia
0:00 Introduction
1:32 Smoke Pouch
3:35 Roast Rack and Shield
5:50 Recap
Elevate your grilling game, by utilizing these two gas grill hacks!
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a smoke pouch can quickly be made to add as smokey character to your BBQ but a BBQ it is - its not a smoker.
Just bought my Baby Q convection tray and roasting rack box set plus a box of spare trays here in Australia today, 22 Feb 2023. Lots on the shelves. I like the smoking pouch idea better than the branded smoker box.
I rescued a weber Q 200 from a yard sale for 10 bucks. i am doing a restore. binge watching your videos lol nice job.
Welcome to the channel! Have fun with the restoration. I think in most cases if you find a used Q that “doesn’t work” it probably just needs a good cleaning.
You are indeed a saviour. I've been searching for these two items, and there you come along. 😊
Haha very glad that worked out :-)
Great Job!!
Thumbs up for not telling folks to pre soak the chips ! Second hand stores always have a great assortment of trays and racks.
Thanks - yes presoaking is a common recommendation - but I don't think it does anything. All that does is it steams the water out of the chips. Yes the wood may last longer, but it doesn't really do much if you're just steaming water lol.
@@ChicagoGriller yes, the smoke turns to a tar like substance. This makes the meat taste bitter.
Australia is the place for the Weber accessories, I have a 15 year old genuine Weber alloy hot plate for a Weber kettle which easily fits a Weber q. I have knocked back dozens of requests to sell it because it has been discontinued.
Great DYI tip, well explained and easy to do !!!
We have our baby Q since November and already have used this technique to cook a delicious (smoked) roast beef. Thank you very much for your videos
Yup learning these hacks to smoke and cook indirect on the Q - particularly in places like the USA where they don’t sell those accessories - are key to elevate the grilling experience. Not sure if you can find some of these Weber accessories in Israel either. Thanks for watching!
Great, high quality content. Wish you the best mate. From Australia
@maatouk96, thanks for the kind comment. Appreciate you watching from down under. Quite a few of my regular viewers are from OZ - I love how this channel brings everyone together. Cheers and thanks for watching!
GREAT JOB!!
Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!
Love the video man! I enjoy seeing the Weber Q and using the trivet shield method, you can cook ANYTHING in that grill. I regularly do a reverse sear tri tip, awesome every time, smoke or no smoke.
Yeah for sure, the Q's are way more versatile than most think they are. The one thing I haven't figured out how to do in it is a beer can chicken - because it won't fit standing up.
@@ChicagoGriller Let's design a little rack for the mini soda cans, they hold 7.5 fluid ounces... Then we could do beer can cornish game hens, that would fit! Ha!!
Lol I have thought about that. There is also a local brewer here (Hopewell) that sells mini beer cans that would perfectly fit a Cornish hen.
Nice DIY and useful information! I love Weber but their marketing policy for the accessories are a little bit expensive anyway.
There are lots of cheaper alternatives or DIY solutions as you suggested.
Love their grills - worth every dollar, euro, yen, etc but yeah, the pricing on their accessories are ridiculous.
I've bought both the aluminium convection trays and a stainless roasting rack for my Q1200 here in the UK within the last couple of months so clearly they're still available here too. Very expensive though! Great video's, thanks very much and please keep up the good work.
Interesting! I was under the impression that the tray and rack was only available in Australia now. Cool to hear you can get them in UK... but ya everything I've heard is they are quite overpriced - but convenient. Thanks for watching!
You can buy the Same Weber W accessories here in New Zealand too. I got the roasting trays and pizza stone for my Baby Q.
thanks excelent tips
Glad it was helpful!
I use a 6 inch SS pellet smoke tube and have been very surprised as to the amount of smoke it makes (much more than using wood chips). A full tube will generate smoke for 2.5 hours. With no burner on it will continue to burn by itself at around 110 oF (a cool smoke) as it burns from one end to the other. Its like a $16 pellet stove. I will first first smoke the meat and/or vegetable for 30 minutes to 2 hours (cherry for meat, alder for salmon and maple/apple for vegetables) and then finish cooking on the grill.
Great tip. I will have to look into getting a pellet smoke tube.
@@ChicagoGriller Easiest way to light the pellets is with propane or a kitchen butane torch. Blast away for 40 secs and then let burn for a minute before blowing it out. I put mine under the grills and then blow out the flame. It should start producing a lot of smoke. If not, torch some more. With the Weber small SS Veg. pan I smoke fresh oiled cooked corn off the cob for 20-30 minutes. Eat as side dish or make into smoked corn chowder. I've smoked baby back ribs for 2.5 hrs and then finished off in the over using the 3-2-1 method. Delicious. Who say you can't do smoked ribs with a Q? Lots of options and recipes to explore.
Can confirm. Those items are available in Australia. Thinking of buying it.
They are very useful accessories if you are able to buy them!
the branded Weber accessories are easily replaced by alternatives - eg: a couple of sheets of wetted newspaper replaces the foil drip tray. A piece of foil and a cake cooling rack (as you've demonstrated) replaces the trivet & tray. These are great BBQs / gas grills but we don't need to be constantly purchasing branded acce$$ories.
Well the don’t even really give us in the USA the chance to buy them. But I see on the AU site the prices for these accessories are pretty high too.
I have the real thing and although expensive is typical Weber - beautifully designed and made with quality manufacturing. It’s worth the extra few dollars in my opinion.
@@MrGroganmeister worth the extra for thje BBQ certainly - but one can comfortable get by without the accessories IMO
👋🏾Greetings Chi-Neighbor! I'm thinking about getting a warming rack. Do you have one? Any advice for an alternative? Love your videos btw👍🏽! I'm planning to clean my filthy grill tomorrow so that it's ready for Sunday grilling! Thank you.
I forgot to mention that I have the Q320.
Great to see another Chicago neighbor! I've not unfortunately have any experience using a warming rack alternative. The space for the Q's that I have - the 2000 and 1200 - can't really accommodate a warming rack. I guess a foil shield is about as good as I'd be able to do.
@@ChicagoGriller Okay, thank you. I watched your propane tank video on how many uses it contains. Do you have a propane tank installation video too?
Try hitting ebay. I just ordered a product unavailable in The US. Just takes about a month to arrive.
I’m shocked that in Australia we actually have something the US doesn’t…. The amount of times I go to buy things only to find not sold here.
Just got a heap of accessories for my husband for Father’s Day (casserole pan/fry pans etc) we use the smoke boxes for chooks and pizzas.
Is there a work around for purchases? Amazon/fwd shipping?
Yup no casserole or fry pan here either! Sometimes we can find these items on eBay too but the shipping costs are pretty astronomical.
Hello Gerry, I live in Sydney Australia. If it is true that these are discontinued, it is likely that Australia is simply behind the times. Being so remote in the world our importers need to import large quantities and use whatever means they can to do so. What is remaining is merely stock that can’t sell due to importing too much. Yes, the trivet and tray can be purchased anywhere here.
That is a good point and is probably true for a lot of goods. Perhaps with Weber as well. Although I have read in online forums and see just in what is sold online, it seems the Q series has a much bigger following and is more popular than it is elsewhere, including here in the USA. So what's the truth? I guess only Weber knows for sure. In any case, these workarounds can help if you can't find these items in stock. Thanks for watching!
I live 10 minutes from Weber’s Australian headquarters (which is in Adelaide) - it has nothing to do with excess supply, Australians just buy/use the Weber Q series more than any other market. Only a few days ago I purchased the Q rotisserie no problems at all, didn’t even know they weren’t available to everyone else.
If you want to buy anything Gerry, let me know, I’ll pick it up from them for you.
And we still have all these available. Only just purchased my smoker boxes from Weber's online store
I just use an aluminum foil pan with a small cooking grate on top of it for roasting
Yeah even if you live in Australia where you can buy the Weber accessories, these DIY solutions are the way to go. Equally effective, but way cheaper. Thanks for watching!
Both items are avalible here in Denmark.
But I use almost the same setup as you, its cheaper😉
I'm actually in Europe right now for a work trip. I might have to go try to find these just so I can try the real Weber version on the channel!
Weheeeyyy i didnt no that
I live in australia and i just got some last week
Asterisk *: discontinued in the USA! As I understand they sell all the goods in OZ! But you can save your money by using these hacks instead. Thanks for watching!
@@ChicagoGriller yes i will
Thanks for that Chicago griller
Can say the smoker box and the aluminium tray and trivet are available in Australia. :)
Hi Ken! Thanks for watching. Yeah, you all in OZ have all the accessories... the casserole dish, fry pan, trivet, smoker box... no idea why they don't sell any of those in the USA.
@@ChicagoGriller people here do the same as you have and replace the trays with alfoil (cheaper) and make up alfoil smoker pockets.
No need to go Australia . In Italy you find it
Good to know! I can actually get into Italy if I wanted to... Australia is still closed and will be for a long time!
Much easier!