Dennis Stilwell
TVWBB Member
I usually don't wash/clean a new grill when I get it, but I always throw in a load of charcoal and let it burn not cooking anything. That was the plan with the new WSM. I got it loaded and fired up, let it get up to 400 for a little bit. After about and hour, I had to cook something. I went to the store to get some baby backs, but at 4.49Lb those plans changed. I picked up a rack of spares and looked over a saw that pork butt was 1.19lb so I got a small one of thoses as well. The ribs are at almost 4hrs so its time to start checking them, and the pork butt is at 147*. I'm having issues keeping the heat down under 250*, and the temp has been on a roller coaster the whole time. I have been ,making VERY small changes to the vents and having large changes in temps. I've read on here that a new smoker can ba a pain so I'm hoping thats my problem. I'm also using walmart charcoal as I did not plan to cook. I hope that the swinging temps don't mess the quailty of the food up.