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Thanks, everybody. I'll start filling the charcoal ring up with as much charcoal as possible to the point where it's almost overflowing. I have an 11 lb. pork shoulder I want to smoke next weekend, so that seems to be the only viable option for it. Do you think when I was opening the lid on...

Thanks, everybody. The more advice, the better! Rusty, the second cook I used the entire 15.4 lb. bag except for about 8-10 briquettes. Should I use the whole bag and more of another, you reckon?

Thanks, Chuck! So, you think -- instead of making the hole -- I should empty the unlit coals and pack them closely/uniformly and just spread the lit coals in various spots on top? I'll try that for my next cook.

225-250. I forgot to mention water! D'oh! My bad. The first cook, I used maybe a little under a gallon of water. The second cook, two gallons of water. I remember reading about water usage in the pan making the WSM use coals faster. You think that's my biggest problem?

I have now used my new 22" WSM twice. I love it, and it's already much easier to control the heat than my old hand-me-down Brinkmann vertical offset Trailmaster, but two smokes in -- despite having great success with the food and everybody I've fed, including yours truly, loving it -- I'm not...

Thanks for the reply, Zac. I was just wondering. Only used my WSM once so far. Just getting more familiar with it.

When I smoked a bacon-wrapped pork loin a couple weeks ago, I added a small coating of mayo around the pork loin before I added my rub and wrapped with bacon. Just to give it an extra layer of fat. I like using mayo as a coating more than things like mustard.

Would it be OK to have the water pan in the WSM with nothing inside and no foil? I know it would make cleaning it up a pain, but I'm just wondering if there's any negatives to that?

The smoke ain't happening today. Too big of a chance for a storm. I'm shooting for Tuesday now. I've been asked to wait until the 4th, but I said noooo. Can't wait that long. I'm having smoked food withdrawals. 5 1/2 lbs of chicken thighs, 4 racks of ribs, a tube of bologna, a 4 lb. pork...

Hey everybody, about two weeks ago I used my new 22" WSM for the first time. I smoked two racks of baby back ribs, and they came out wonderful. Well, tomorrow, I'm smoking two racks of baby backs, and I also have two racks of spareribs; I found them for $1.59/lb. at one of my local grocery...

Looks fantastic! Well done on your cook! (But not on your steak's temps, fortunately! :D )

Thing is, I never have that problem with Kingsford.

Used Royal Oak briquettes twice in the last couple of days. The first day, I lost heat super quickly. I'm not sure why this happened. I definitely had enough charcoal, but it's as if it 'calmed down' faster than what it should have. Wasn't thrilled whatsoever. This second time, earlier this...

Hey everybody, my wings came out phenomenal! Grilled 'em, only used salt, pepper and some baking powder (Meathead recommendation) since whatever seasoning I would've used would've been lost in the sauce.

From last month, I'm on the right, standing next to one of the greatest men I've ever met. After a bit of a hiatus, I went back to college in 2014. Long story short, I was never particularly competent in math beyond basic algebra, but he -- 52+ years teaching -- changed that in the last year...

I sure do appreciate the input from the both of y'all. Thanks a bunch. While I'd love to, it sounds like a money racket. It was a nice fantasy, though, and would have been nice to do this summer. Even though I live in a tiny town, the recreation park stays as crowded as can be.

Bought a 4lb bag of frozen wings from Wally World yesterday. I might go to Food Lion in the next evening or so and see if they have a manager special/markdown on some whole wings as well. I love wing. Another member on here posted some wings in the photo gallery, and it made me pretty darn...

I'm in love! Wings are one of my favorite foods. Yours looks fantastic!

I sure do appreciate the nice comments. Thanks, everybody! Here's to many more successful smokes with this awesome WSM!

Michael, that sounds awesome! Happy you got your first smoke with the WSM in! Just finished my first WSM smoke the other day as well! Looks like we've both fell in love with it!