So, minion method, good lump charcoal. Allowed starter to get fully lit before dumping into the cooker. Vents wide open. External temps around 35 to 38 deg f, moderate winds. Temps make it to around 230 or so for an hour but then start dropping. Tried to screen the cooker, temps drop even faster. Finally added more charcoal and stirred the **** outta what was in the cooker already and the temps kinda came up. WTH? That amount of charcoal shoulda been fine for 6 hours at least.
Couldn't do my turkey at Xmas either - wouldn't come up to above 300, even with a huge amount of lit charcoal.
Getting really tired of my personal POS WSM. Doesn't appear to be anything blocking vents, and I have had the same issue with Cowboy and Royal Oak lump, as well as KFord. This is really pissing me off.
HELP!
D'ohBoy
Couldn't do my turkey at Xmas either - wouldn't come up to above 300, even with a huge amount of lit charcoal.
Getting really tired of my personal POS WSM. Doesn't appear to be anything blocking vents, and I have had the same issue with Cowboy and Royal Oak lump, as well as KFord. This is really pissing me off.
HELP!
D'ohBoy