Recent content by Terry Kratochvil

If you are worried about high heat cooks in cold weather, buy a thermoglass welder's blanket long enough to fit around your smoker and get binder clips to anchor the blanket. The blanket can withstand temperatures up to 1000 degrees F and will work. I have smoked in weather as cold as -15 F...

I compete with a 22 inch and an 18 inch WSM. If I had to do it over I would use 2 - 22 inch smokers. The Smoking Hills BBQ compete with WSM and are very successful. If you do not have alot of money they are hard to beat. I have competed against some very successful BBQ teams with $10,000...