Dave Russell
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I'm wondering what the deal was with a thigh cook in my 18" yesterday. 25 small thighs using both grates, OE '09 big pot water pan, almost 3/4 full hot/boiling water. 2/3rd a chimney of almost fully engaged RO lump dumped into middle crater of 3/4 ring of same lump. Smoker protected from wind and sun, so I just went by instinct and dome gauge, which went up to 250 fairly quickly.
So this is my question. I was gone to run an errand 40 minutes tops, only to come back home and find the gauge at about 210. Now I know that lump is much more sensitive to air deprivation than briquettes and doesn't burn any hotter in a wsm, but I left with all the vents wide open, except for the back one at 1/3 since it has my ATC adaptor. I usually light lump with 1/2 chimney or so of briquettes and don't have any issues. What do ya'll think?
So this is my question. I was gone to run an errand 40 minutes tops, only to come back home and find the gauge at about 210. Now I know that lump is much more sensitive to air deprivation than briquettes and doesn't burn any hotter in a wsm, but I left with all the vents wide open, except for the back one at 1/3 since it has my ATC adaptor. I usually light lump with 1/2 chimney or so of briquettes and don't have any issues. What do ya'll think?