18.5 wsm

Hi fellow smokers, I just recently purchased a wsm 18.5 after using various other grills & smokers. I'm looking forward to sharing techniques & ideas with all of you. I want to work my way into competition bbq soon. If anyone here has some advice or suggestions of local competitions, I welcome...

I am having a few people over to the lake tomorrow & am planning to serve some smoked pork for dinner. I was planning on a combo of baby backs & pork butt. I realize choosing one would be easier but, oh well, I enjoy a challenge & would like to give it a try for possible future endeavors. So I...

Long time gas and charcoal griller. Built a Mini-WSM a couple of years ago. Loved it but stepped up last year and bought a 18.5 WSM. Already did a few modifications to it. Added casters to the legs which makes it totally portable. Added a second charcoal grate and secured it using stainless...

So I cooked my first brisket overnight on New Year's Eve (might be the start of a tasty tradition). The brisket turned out pretty well, despite my nerves, but I started having trouble keeping the temp up once the WSM had been going for 10 hours or so. I ended up having to add half a chimney of...

Hello, I am new to smoking (bought an 18.5" WSM a few months ago), but have been grilling (mostly on a gasser) for a long time. Anyway, we are having a BBQ this weekend for about 30 people and I'll have the usual suspects (burgers, dogs, sausage, chicken...), but wanted to also smoke some meat...

Hello Folks, I purchased my first WSM 18.5 2 weeks ago. I absolutely love it! Smoked 2-4lbs. racks of St.Louis style ribs with the 3-2-1 method and they turned out Great!:wsm: Looking forward to reading and posting in this forum.