Recent content by Brian B Philly

Never even thought about running it with a dry pan because I was so focused on being able to control the temperature and didn't think about the unitended consequences (I didn't foil the pain this time, just put water straight into the pan). I like the idea of running a dry pan, with foil to make...

Thank you! My heat shield was inside the WSM so to your point there is less room for the ash to go during the cook. Do you have a picture of how you wired your charcoal?

Yes, sorry. I forgot about the water pan! Water pan was there and I did keep it filled early on but not as the temp kept dropping. Also good to know that after around 5/6 hours it's taken all of the smoke it needs. That will certainly help going forward if I get myself into the same situtaion.

Thanks for the response. I did fill the top of the ring with unlit coals, but looking back on it I'm not sure that the coals were fully lit as there was still some black that I could see (and they weren't all gray ash). I think I then repeated this mistake with the newly lit coals the 2nd time...

Hi All, So about 10 days ago I did my first smoke on my WSM 14in. The final product turned out great but it was a pretty harrowing experience along the way and one I would like to avoid again. So I bought an 8lb bone-in pork butt from Wegmans. The plan was to serve it on Saturday, Aug 4th...

Just getting started on the forum although I've been reading from afar for a few weeks. Have A WSM 14in. Looking forward to diving in.