FireDial Baffle Plate Heat Management System for Charcoal BBQ and Barbecue Smokers, UDS, WSM, Kettle (For 18 in. WSM (Stainless))

Great to access the whole grill surface with no flare ups. Control temperature easier.

This heat diffuser is the best accessory I have for my WSM. It replaces the water pan with something that is more convenient to use, requires no maintenance or cleaning. It is also very well priced. I also find that it improves the taste of the food when compared to the water pan, as the juices that fall on it vaporize and flavor the meat.

Works great. I used the water pan for years and usually struggled to keep the temp up to 250° . When I use the Baffle Plate I have to choke the lower vents to keep the temp at 275°. It's nice to be able to be able to adjust the temperature.

This is a great product and an extremely reasonable price. All the other products which do something similar or twice the price of this thing and I don't see that they would be made any better. What this allows you to do is fill up the entire bottom of your Weber Kettle's Charcoal Grate with Charcoal, pour lit Charcoal from your Charcoal Chimneys (I use 2) on top wait a few minutes for all your Charcoal to light before putting the Fire 🔥 Dial over it. Then you have the entire surface of your Cooking Grate usable instead of one side or down the middle. My Weber kettle held a level 350° for more than 6 hours without fluctuating one degree using the fire dial amazing. Still had plenty of charcoal for next time when I shut the grill down. Slow & Sear allows you to cook on one side of your Grate Weber's Charcoal Baskets allow you to cook down the middle of your Cooking Grate but this allows you to cook anywhere on the Cooking Grate using the entire surface. A truly great product much cheaper than the two I mentioned.

I bought this as like most I find the water bowl a pain. I have used the water bowl for years with a pizza pan on top, sometimes with water mostly without just depends what I am doing and outside temp. Have used it a few times now, it works and yes you can maintain a low temp with it which I wasn’t sure of. That being said if you have to leave the lid off even for a minute the temps can spike pretty dramatically very quickly, that’s something I wasn’t use to with the bowl. I got the non stainless version and it’s already rusting a bit but well worth the money, I would opt for the stainless version next time.

Great customer service! Initially sent wrong model, They sent correct model immediately without the hassle of sending photos & shipped back the wrong model before sending the correct one. By the way this item turns a Weber 22 in kettle into a great smoker.

Make sure of size/diameter of the grill you plan to use this on. This fits perfect on my 26 in Weber.

WSM 18.5 owner. Using this allows the removal of the water bowl. This is a big plus for several reasons. For one, cleaning up the water bowl is a PITA. To avoid I used to wrap it in foil, but still a very messy cleanup. If you clean the Firedial at all, it is easy with some Easy Off. Second, the water bowl is deep, so when you open the access door there is not a whole lot of visibility to the fire, let alone the ability to stir coals or add. The FireDial brings back some 4-6" (if you had the newer style bowl, less otherwise). Finally, heat seems to be very evenly distributed and it appears I have no hot spots around the outside of the cooking grate. The water bowl forced the hot air to the outside, but the FireDial lets it come up everywhere, making it more even.

Se tuerce y se oxida muy pronto

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Used this to cook my pork shoulder on my 18” WSM. Did an amazing job. Much better and easier than Using the water pan and allows more room for charcoal below it

The water bowl hangs too low to add wood chunks or coals mid cook on the 18” WSM. This solves that problem. I’m able to control the temps just as well with this as a bowl full of water too.

cut down a lot of cooking time