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I've cooked 4 times during the day on my new WSM so I figured I would take a crack at an overnight cook. I'm cooking 4 butts for a work party tomorrow night. Each one weighs between 6 and 8 pounds. I put them on at 8:30. Still running a little hotter than I want with the new smoker. I...

I am cooking my first attempt at butts today. I have 2 5-6 pound butts on the 22.5. This is my 4th cook so I'm still running a little hot. I have 2 vents completely closed and one only open 25% on bottom and can't get below 260. I'm sitting at 260 for an hour now. Should I worry about...

Well I did well with some chickens and ribs last week so decided to cook a turkey this morning. The bird was WAY TOO big. It was nearly 20 pounds. I got the grill fired around 9 and put the bird on about 9:50. I've been battling temps so far. It's been swinging from 300-390 up and down...

I've searched the threads and read Chris's info on hams. His piece on spiral cut hams were to just not do anything to them at all, just place in smoker and let go for a few hours. My question is: Is there any benefit to rubbing and glazing a spiral cut ham before/during warming it on the...

My amazing wife bought me a 22.5 WSM for my birthday. I'm a veteran griller but this is my first venture into smoking. I'm planning on trying a couple of racks of ribs and a couple of whole chickens this weekend. I wanted to do a butt for my first smoke because I know those are more forgiving...