Recent content by Gary Lewis

I have a 18 weber bullet and was getting good smokes out of it, but the changing owind on the hill I lived on was killing me and my sleep. Made a few cheap wind breaks, nothing stood up. With the stoker the bottom vents are closed and top only open slightly. This allows me to bypass the...

Update, finally decided to take out the empty water bowl and close the bottom vents to let the stoker do it's thing. Temps are hovering around 240 now and the stoker is keeping t stable for the last 45 minutes.

So I am using my stoker for the first time with the stoker log, 5 cfm fan. It is about 20 degrees outside and calm winds. 18" WSM, empty water bowl in smoker. Let the stoker run for 45 minutes-1 hour and the temp could just get over 205. I opened the bottom vents fully and temp started...