Recent content by BrianJ

Thanks Haz, a couple people figured it was the water pan and they were dead on. I'm thankful for this forum as I mostly lurk, but gain helpful information on every thread I view.

Well, it was the water pan. I figure I just had too much water in there and it was boiling over and putting out the fire. I replaced it with a pizza stone and cooked without water, ribs came out great! Thanks everyone for the suggestions and lookin out for this newbie.

I searched the brickseek website and grabbed four bags yesterday for $5.98 in Hurst, TX. They had to price adjust at the register but there were no issues. Thanks!

I was thinking about this earlier and I used the same charcoal on the kettle to finish off the ribs, so the charcoal issue is most likely not the culprit. I'll test the water pan theory next smoke. It'll probably be later this week or next week. Thanks for the long explanations JayHeyl. I really...

Dustin, this is what I did. Used a full chimney with two wax starters that went for 40 mins before dumping them into the bin with more unlit coals and four chunks of cherry wood. The chimney was ashed over. Then built the WSM, had one vent fully open and cracked the other two with the top...

Timothy, I didn't even think about that the water may have been boiling over...that's a definite possibility. The bad charcoal could also be the issue like a few others said, so I'll get another bag too. I'll try a dry run next cook with the same briquettes and see if it was the water. Then I'll...

I received a third-owner hand me down for Father's Day, it's a 2006 per the two digit alpha code on the dampener. Yes, it was my first time on a WSM. The bowl is black and metal. I lined it with foil before putting water in the bowl. When I filled the bowl, no water spilled over to put the fire...

No smoke, heat dropping, very little heat, I mean...it's out or on the verge of going out when I get to it to revive it. If I stoke the coals, it comes back a bit. But the first time it was completely out and had to use another wax fire starter.

I'm thinking it had something to do with the air flow. Once I left the door off, it was rolling. Then proceeded to get too hot and too smoky. Ha! I can't win today. Moved the ribs over to the kettle. This was my first attempt at the WSM, and obviously was a failure. Maybe I have an issue with...

Brand new, just bought and opened. Weber briquettes.

(More info) i have the water pan in, lined with foil, with water in it. I have two racks of ribs, one on each rack.

I'm stumped! I've had the meat on the WSM for 75 mins and had to relight it three times already. All vents are wide open, I have a full chimney lit plus another full unlit under it with four chunks of cherry wood. I even put a fan outside to aid with airflow, still went out. I have the door...

Calling them is on the agenda for today. Thanks Pat G :)

Smoked pulled pork is going to be my first smoke on the WSM so I haven't cooked one yet, but I wanted to weigh in on the crock pot route. That's the way we've always gone when doing pulled pork, however we've always cooked them in the crock pot with our favorite root beer. It adds amazing flavor...

My wife surprised me with a WSM for Father's Day! Woke up to it in the backyard, she had arranged a buddy to pick it up and deliver it to the house. Used, but I could careless! After trying to smoke ribs (semi-successfully) on the kettle a few times that I got not too long ago, you better...