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Been lurking on the board for about two weeks. Read some awesome posts and absorbed as much as my brain could handle. I ordered my WSM from Amazon and the Maverick Digital Thermometer from GadgetSource.com. My WSM arrived a little banged up, but immediately called Weber (as per posts here) and they are fixing my problem. I did not let this get me down, so I fixed the bent up sections as best I could (within a ??) and got the Dremel out and made the cuts for the two maverick probes.
I fired up the WSM for the first time yesterday and did a dry run with some potatoes and wood chunks. Unfortunately, the only chunk wood sold around here is hickory and mesquite. She was hovering around 241 for about 3.5 hours on one chimney of Kingsford and a pan full of water, bottom vent closed. I pre-checked the thermometer and it is only 1 degree off on both probes. It built up a nice smoke coat on the inner walls. I fired it up again this morning with 1.5 chimney full of Kingsford and some more wood. This time I put a cheap chuck roast and a small canned ham on the grill to get a nice oily smoke film built up.
Tomorrow is the big day, I will be smoking 4 racks of ribs. I will report back as to what transpires. Thanks in advance for all of the great advice and coaching that this board/forum offers.
I fired up the WSM for the first time yesterday and did a dry run with some potatoes and wood chunks. Unfortunately, the only chunk wood sold around here is hickory and mesquite. She was hovering around 241 for about 3.5 hours on one chimney of Kingsford and a pan full of water, bottom vent closed. I pre-checked the thermometer and it is only 1 degree off on both probes. It built up a nice smoke coat on the inner walls. I fired it up again this morning with 1.5 chimney full of Kingsford and some more wood. This time I put a cheap chuck roast and a small canned ham on the grill to get a nice oily smoke film built up.
Tomorrow is the big day, I will be smoking 4 racks of ribs. I will report back as to what transpires. Thanks in advance for all of the great advice and coaching that this board/forum offers.