Recent content by Joel Goodwin

There is a 3rd rack on the lower cooking grate...All three cooked with love on my 18.5... Good luck, Joel

They look great! Good way to keep the mother-in-law happy!

This is exactly how I did my last cook. I found that I could control everything off of 1 bottom vent. I didnt line the vents up though. Top vent was wide open the whole time, and I had one bottom vent open about 1/3rd. It held between 220 and 235 most of the cook. 252 was the highest it got...

I am planning on smoking an 8 lb butt and about a 10 lb brisket this weekend. I have an 18.5 WSM and I dont think both will fit on 1 cooking grate. If I put the butt on the top grate and the brisket on the bottom, are the drippings from the pork gonna flavor the beef? Should I put the brisket...

...and by beers, you mean "pops" right?? I enjoy his videos as well! Cant wait to see what he is gonna say next!

I have my pan about 3/4 full of sand. I foil the top of that to keep it clean. Smoked babybacks and a 5 lb rib roast. Both turned out great. I have a couple butts to do this weekend. Gonna be a longer cook so I'm eager to see how they turn out. FOR ME cleanup is alot easier than water in...

I went to cook on mine earlier this spring. I when I opened it up, the bowl was fll of water and there was a good bit of "fuzzy junk" growing in there. I blasted it out with my hose and all seems to be ok now. (3 cooks since then) I have also started flipping the center section over to keep...

This pile is the result of the Memorial Day sale at Lowes. 24 20lb bags. I go stock up every year. This year Lowes had the better deal in my opinion. Jim, 400lbs from last year lasted almost a year. Im hoping to get about the same out of this pile...BUT...I didnt have my WSM last year at...

Stocked up for the rest of the year....yep, 480lbs. Love the sale every year!!

Hi all...I have a birthday coming up and I am trying to give a list of ideas to my wife. I was looking at the Maverick ET-73 and 732. Besides these two options are there any other remote thermometers that you guys use and would recommend that are reasonably priced? Thanks in advance, Joel

I store mine on my deck, center section upside down, vents closed, and the cover on...no problems as of yet. Joel

...and here is a picture of said butts about 10 hours in. Smoker was holding about 220-225, and internal was at 180.

Dave, Thanks for all the helpful info. I really do think that my problem was that there was too much time spent foiled in the cooler. Like I said, the first 2 shoulders I did turned out great. They were foiled for only like 30 minutes before pulling. The butts in question were held for...

The texture just wasnt quite right. I did pull the whole thing. Butt wasnt injected but I did add about a cup of "Carolina Red" for flavor. Not sure if it may be a combination of overpulling and adding sauce or what... This is the first time I have done butts though. I have done picnic...

Ok, still pretty new here but have a question about holding butts in foil. This past weekend, I smoked 2 butts. Coincidentally, it was my first over night smoke. That went well! Woke up at around 7am and smoker was holding 220. Anyway, they smoked until they hit 195 internal. (About 14...