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I'm really getting bummed about not being able to raise my temps without going almost 50% on the vents at the outset.
This seems to happen regardless of what method I use.
Today I'm doing spare ribs. I fired up the WSM in the standard fashion about 2/3 full.
Once the coals were grey , I assembled the unit and added water. The temp shot up to 327 at the vent.
I then added the wood ( 2 Oak / 2 Hick / 1 Cherry soaked about 1 hour ). The temp went down to 208 in about 15 minutes. I waited and nothing happened. After about another 15 minutes with no movement, I opened the vents about 20 % . It got to 222, but then dropped back down to 210.
It's only been 2.5 hours and I am contemplating adding more coals.
This happened with my past two briskets as well, using both the standard and the Minion method.
5 Chunks of wood shouldn't be too much, they are average to small chunks.
It's not that I don't get a great product, but it takes longer and I just hate to keep adding charcoal after such a sort period....not that it's a lot of work...it just seems something is amiss.
Any ideas ?
Steve in Mpls
This seems to happen regardless of what method I use.
Today I'm doing spare ribs. I fired up the WSM in the standard fashion about 2/3 full.
Once the coals were grey , I assembled the unit and added water. The temp shot up to 327 at the vent.
I then added the wood ( 2 Oak / 2 Hick / 1 Cherry soaked about 1 hour ). The temp went down to 208 in about 15 minutes. I waited and nothing happened. After about another 15 minutes with no movement, I opened the vents about 20 % . It got to 222, but then dropped back down to 210.
It's only been 2.5 hours and I am contemplating adding more coals.
This happened with my past two briskets as well, using both the standard and the Minion method.
5 Chunks of wood shouldn't be too much, they are average to small chunks.
It's not that I don't get a great product, but it takes longer and I just hate to keep adding charcoal after such a sort period....not that it's a lot of work...it just seems something is amiss.
Any ideas ?
Steve in Mpls