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Any insight on stopping a smoking session (probably at foil time) and resuming it the next day? So, my picnic (a mere 8lbs.) has been marinating for a while, so I really want to start smoking it tomorrow (Thursday). What's more, tomorrow is my birthday and since my WSM is a birthday gift, I...

Smoking some beef short ribs on my WSM 14,5" (with a candy thermometer in grommet). Lid temp around 235°F, middle temp around 225°F(107°C), for three hours so far. After two hours, instant read in meat indicated close to 170°F(74°C). An hour later, poked everywhere and the lowest temp was over...

Might have overfilled my charcoal bowl. Did a Minion method with a full bowl… and a full chimney. Several coals spilled around the bowl, into the bottom part of the smoker. I probably shouldn't worry, but I do wonder what effect it might have. For one thing, it was a bit difficult to fit the...

Didn’t realize this was the subforum for galleries. Posted my first one in the “new WSM owner” subforum. Also blogged it. Short version…

Haven’t been using an actual log, but did keep fairly detailed notes and took lots of pictures. Here are some of them, serving as a kind of pictorial documentation of my inaugural cook in a WSM 14.5".

Did a first cook in my shiny (!) new WSM 14.5, yesterday. About 3 lbs. chicken thighs and about 2 lbs. drumsticks. Only a quart of 208ºF water in the pan. Used the Minion method with the charcoal bowl half-full of Kingsford briquettes and a half-chimney of Basques lump. The smoker remained...

Howdy, Got my 14.5" Bullet, a couple of days ago, as a birthday gift from my amazing partner (she knows me well), and as an upgrade from a Cheapo Offset Smoker. What a difference it makes! I’m a French-speaking ethnographer from Montreal, now residing in Hull, Qc. Hull is part of Gatineau...