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I am considering cooking two turkeys at once this year high heat with an empty Piedmont pan setup. I am wondering if it would be a good idea to swap the turkeys top to bottom halfway through the cooking process to get even cooking, or is that not necessary? I don't have handles on my 18.5's...

I would let it air dry regardless. It can be difficult to get crisp skin in the WSM even at high temps so every bit helps. When i did my turkey last year i injected and rubbed it the night then let it sit in the fridge uncovered Overnight

Maybe i missed it but how many lit coals are you starting with? I usually use around half a chimney then dump that on top of the unlit. I then go get a pitcher of hot water from the faucet then assemble the unit and dump the water in, leaving the lid off as i get more water. I then put the lid...

I would think your only chance would be to cook them vertically but i would still do some measuring to see if its even feasible.

I noticed on mine that the top grate handles are flat, and the bottom grate handles have an arc in them.

I bought a second chimney starter for doing high heat cooks. I fill both them with a mix of KBB and lump and light them both at the same time. Before I dump them out i put a layer of unlit in the charcoal ring. As long as i use at least 50% lump I can get to 325-350 no problem, long as i crack...

Imo, if there are a lot of differences between the test and the real cook as far as prep or methods you wont have a good idea of what to expect. Try to do things how you will the day of during the test cook to avoid surprises. If you've done the process once before it is usually a lot less...

Does having the grate an inch higher noticeably reduce access to the fire with the water bowl installed? I am seriously considering doing this.

In that picture do you have two charcoal grates stacked 90 degrees to each other? I noticed that even with lump and an empty pan in mine i was having trouble getting the temps above 250 over the weekend. It looked like there wasn't much room for airflow under the fire so this makes sense to me.

Last year i was running it as hot as i could get it, didn't have a thermometer yet but the dome gauge said 325 to 350 most of the cook. I was just thinking that having the dark meat closer to the fire would get it cooked closer to when the white meat was done

With the small charcoal capacity in the 14.5 plus the limited space for ash underneath I was contemplating getting a 2nd charcoal grate to keep the small pieces from falling through and maybe giving me a little extra ash space. Has anyone done this, and which grate did you use? On the 18.5 the...

I made a Piedmont Pan for my 18.5" because I didn't feel like wasting all that foil every cook. The upper pan catches the drips and keeps the drippings from burning on high heat cooks. I just scrape the majority of the crud out after each cook. I hardly ever really clean the pan cause I'm lazy...

I've ran across a few threads about vertically cooking a turkey on the middle grate for more even cooking but does that apply to horizontally cooked turkeys as well? Last year I did 3 turkeys and did them all on the top grate (didn't have the middle grate installed yet) but I'm considering...

Water for low and slow, no water for high heat cooking. I would leave the water pan in the smoker to cook indirect.

And I thought I was doing good when I got mine for $160 on clearance. Dang.

I always start with 2 full chimneys of lit coals, a mix of KBB and lump. I use anywhere from 50 to 75% lump depending on how long I am cooking.. That and getting more air in/out is key to running hotter temps. I added an extra lid vent to my 18.5 and sometimes even prop the lid and door open...

One night after a few drinks I decided to make a spice rub for some long beef ribs I was smoking the next day. I grabbed chipotle chilli powder out of the cupboard thinking it was the same as chilli powder. The next day I was confused as to why the ribs were so damn hot and realized my mistake...

I added a middle grate to my 18.5 using the shelf bracket method on the modifications section of the main website. The top grate fits in the middle location as well so rotating those two are easy. I see the most temperature difference when cooking chicken high heat with an empty pan so I just...