Chris from OHIO
TVWBB Member
I am cooking a butt tonight and I put a full ring of Kingsford in along with about 2 fist-sized chunks of Hickory. I had the bottom vents all the way open and the top as well until it came up to 250. I closed the bottoms to 25% and the temps kept rising. I now have it at all vents closed on bottom - top vent closed, door sealed and I am still at 305 degrees. Any Ideas? My water pan is in but has 3 fire bricks in it - no water and no foil. Oh and mine's a 22.5" THe lid seems to leak around the base (smoke escaping)