John J in Bensalem
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I smoked three racks of St Louis ribs yesterday. Temperature here in the Philadelphia area was in the mid nineties with very high humidity and full sun. I used the minion method with only about 20-25 lit briquettes to start. I had a heck of a time keeping the temp in the WSM under 275. At one point I had two of the three bottom vents closed and the third was only open 25% with the top vent open only 50%. Still couldn't get the temp down. After only 4 hours, the bark on the ribs had turned mostly black, and the ribs were over done. Any suggestions on what I could have done differently considering the weather conditions to be able to keep the temp more in the 225 to 250 area?