Brian Zimmerman
TVWBB Pro
Yeah the time I moved coals with my bare hands. Did'nt look like it was lit...
Ever had one of these moments while grilling?
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Eric Michaud
TVWBB Super Fan
Just had one smoking. Went to pull my butt off the grate and the freakin thing moves off one of the tabs and of course my bottom grate was not in place cuzz I figure " why bother, one less thing to clean?" . The butt fell into my foiled pan, thankfully I never use water. Got my gloves covered in fat but I saved the butt. Looks like I need to add a few washers to the tabs bolts.
Mark Hudson
New member
just last night, on my second cook ever on the performer, I lit my coals in a basket, got them all white, dumped them out, spread them over the bottom grate, and started adjusting my vents.
It was running up around 500 and I wanted it to settle in around 450 so I closed the bottom a bit, without much temp difference, so in my infinite wisdom, I closed the top about 3/4/ the temp fell, an I thought I had it dialed.
I put all the food on, replaced the cover, and waited for it to come back up to temp.
never happened. At least half of the charcoal went out from me apparently closing the vents on the bottom more than I thought and closing the top as much as I did.
Only one little portion stayed lit.
I had the entire family here for dinner, and I had to finish it in the oven, I simply couldnt get that grill going again (with all the food on it).
Lessone learned, adjust the vents and watch like hawk with the lid closed till you are happy with the temp....then put the food on
And mark your slide somehow so I can tell where the vents really are.
It was running up around 500 and I wanted it to settle in around 450 so I closed the bottom a bit, without much temp difference, so in my infinite wisdom, I closed the top about 3/4/ the temp fell, an I thought I had it dialed.
I put all the food on, replaced the cover, and waited for it to come back up to temp.
never happened. At least half of the charcoal went out from me apparently closing the vents on the bottom more than I thought and closing the top as much as I did.
Only one little portion stayed lit.
I had the entire family here for dinner, and I had to finish it in the oven, I simply couldnt get that grill going again (with all the food on it).
Lessone learned, adjust the vents and watch like hawk with the lid closed till you are happy with the temp....then put the food on
And mark your slide somehow so I can tell where the vents really are.
Steven P (Tupelo)
TVWBB Super Fan
Smoking and grilling is what I do to "get away" and keep from having moments like that.
PaulFisher
TVWBB Super Fan
Had one last weekend. Got up a little early to put a butt on the WSM, wife and I left the house around 9am to go to a fall festival. We were gone about four hours and I come back and the temp is 160. I made what I thought was a small adjustment on one of the vents before we left, turns out it was a bigger adjustment than I thought.
Immediately took the door off the WSM and it eventually came back up to over 300. Foiled up the butt at 160 until it was done. Turned out to taste pretty good.
Immediately took the door off the WSM and it eventually came back up to over 300. Foiled up the butt at 160 until it was done. Turned out to taste pretty good.
My first smoke was a Thanksgiving turkey. Borrowed a smoker from a friend, turned out it was a "Brinkman" model. The temperature was all over the place, generally at the lower end, and by 7 PM that night the turkey breast still wasn't done, so I had to pay for everyone to have Thanksgiving dinner at a local restaurant.
Did the same thing two years later to vastly different results with a then-new WSM.
Did the same thing two years later to vastly different results with a then-new WSM.