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Shawn, One last question for ya or for anyone for that matter. I had to use chips wrapped in foil packets for the first time on this cook. I laid them on top of the coals. Two at a time so it took up a lot of space on top of the hot coals. Could this have screwed with my air flow enough to...

Well I guess I'm too much of a perfectionist watching the temperature way too much. I will try a few more waterless cooks before I jump into a Guru or Stoker. Practice makes perfect right?? Besides, even with all my bitching about temperature they did come out pretty damn close to perfect...

I started this at about 7 on Friday night. By morning I started trying all 3 vents to control the temp but to no real avail. At 10% on all 3 it would stabilize at about 235 but then slowly creep up to over 275 again... shutting down 1 of the vents would again get me about 235 but then slowly...

Ok, so I did the 2 briskets with a foiled water pan as well as a foiled flower pot base that I have used in the past. Filled the base with charcoal and added 18 lit coals. Assembled and tossed on the meat. So this is why I went back to water in the water pan. No matter what my vent settings...

Thanks for all the info guys. I will go ahead and try the briskets I have planned this weekend with just an empty foiled pan and see how it goes. The last time I used it without water was just after I bought it so maybe I just baby'd it too much. I will post how things go.

Thanks for the advice Brandon. I'm doing a couple of briskets this weekend so I will let you know how they work out. Robert, I have looked at the BBQ Guru and it's very tempting. Haven't been able to justify the price as of yet. In the past I have used the flower pot base method and getting...

Did 2 pork butts this weekend and I had a problem getting the temps up. Using the minion method with kingsford with about 32 lit to start. Also, using the water pan with hot tap water. It took almost 4 hours to get up to 225* with the vents at 100%. It was probably in the low 40's on...