John Pierson
New member
I built a mini two weeks ago. Used a steamer pot and my old smokey joe silver. Drilled a bunch of big holes in the bottom of the steamer pot. One inch in diameter. This past week I ran a few cooks on vacation with my family. I've had trouble getting the cooking temp up to 220 or 250. Used a clay pot base a heat diffuser. Any suggestions on how I can get my temp higher? I ended up constantly taking the steamer pot off the smokey joe base to blow on the coals. I felt like I wasn't getting enough air to my coals. Used the big chicken can with holes over my bottom vent to keep ash from clogging my vents. I'm thinking I need to drill a few new air vent holes into the side of my smokey joe.