- Mar 15, 2009
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Hey folks, I posted on here before but I forgot my log in so re-registered. I had been doing my best with a gas BBQ, coffee cans and such, but finally got a little Brinkman smoker. Using it for the first time today and am really having trouble getting the temp up. I had it outside at first, in the cold wind, then brought it in the garage with the door cracked for ventilation (don't wanna die over a pork roast ;-) ), but I still can't get it up in the 'good range'. I keep adding briquettes, fanning it, etc. But the best I can get is the top of the 'warm' range. I can even hold my hand on the top of the smoker without getting burned. It just feels really warm. Any tricks to getting the temp up? About to go by a flame thrower and put it under there