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Hey guys, just purchased a new WSM and fired it up for the first time today but had trouble getting the heat up. I started w/ about 5 Lbs of charcoal(Kingsford) and let it ashe over but when I put the cooker together it seemed that there was not enough draft to keep the coals hot. I added approx. 5 lbs at two more different times and using a Polder stuck in a potato and the probe wire coming out under the lid I could not get the temp above 220(most of the time it stayed around 200) with the probe in the center of the bottom rack. I also had a probe with the same setup on the top rack kinda at the edge of the rack and the highest reading there was about 275 at the hotest point(most times around 240) I cookrd two chickens (the beer in the Butt recipe) and it took almost 5 hours to get the breast up to 165. By the end of the process I had about two thirds of a chamber full of coals.The thing is was when I was taking the meat off and cleaning up I noticed the coals caught back up and were glowing red in a few minutes, which leads me to believe that there is not enough air getting in the cooker. I had all vents wide open , tried adjusting and still could not get the temp up. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.Thanks