I on just my second cook and have pit temp problems. I'm trying to cook a turkey at 320*.
I lit a half chimney of Kingsford and dumped it at the edge of the full charcoal ring right where the Guru 25 cfm fan is mounted.
With all openings in the bottom closed off except for the Guru fan mounting tube, the pit temp stalled at 260*. I opened one of the other vents to 100% which got me up to 290*. This is at the 2 hour mark. I opened the third vent by 50% which has me up to 300*.
The outside temp is 40* with no wind.
THE QUESTION:
1) Should I have expected different results?
2) Will a Guru fan work using their adapter mounting sleeve (which seems to be a choke air flow a good bit)?
3) Should a 5/8" hole be cut into the bottom bowl so the fan can be directly mounted?
I have always used 2 of these Guru fans on a Meadow Creek 250 driving a wood fire with no problem. It seems strange that the WSM 22 has trouble coming up to temp in the above conditions.
Comments please.
I lit a half chimney of Kingsford and dumped it at the edge of the full charcoal ring right where the Guru 25 cfm fan is mounted.
With all openings in the bottom closed off except for the Guru fan mounting tube, the pit temp stalled at 260*. I opened one of the other vents to 100% which got me up to 290*. This is at the 2 hour mark. I opened the third vent by 50% which has me up to 300*.
The outside temp is 40* with no wind.
THE QUESTION:
1) Should I have expected different results?
2) Will a Guru fan work using their adapter mounting sleeve (which seems to be a choke air flow a good bit)?
3) Should a 5/8" hole be cut into the bottom bowl so the fan can be directly mounted?
I have always used 2 of these Guru fans on a Meadow Creek 250 driving a wood fire with no problem. It seems strange that the WSM 22 has trouble coming up to temp in the above conditions.
Comments please.