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I started by putting another coal grate in the bottom 90 degree's to the 1st on so the lump wouldn't fall thru. The filled the coal ring almost to the top. Lit a full starter full of lump and poured it over the top. Added wood. Put smoker together with a full water pan. Mever could get a hot...

Maybe I just had a bad bag of RO. What was happening didn't make sense. It was cool and windy yesterday but when I added briquets, the temp. came up to 275. I am new to the WSM but have been smokin for alot of years now. It should have burned hotter than it did. I am still learnin the WSM and...

I was smokin 2 beer can chickens. I started fire with a chimney starter and added to cosls in base. No briquet's, wood chunks. I'm using a 22.5 WSM.

Does anyone use this in a WSM. I tried today and never could get temps up to 240 with all vents open. Never held a consistant temp. Varied from 190-240.