Watch the internal temp----Maybe keep a probe in one of them on your hottest part of the smoker.
How can you prevent drying out? Watch internal temp closely, use water or something else? Also I'm not understanding the water thing. Bear doesn't show using it with the CSRs. Is there a rule of thumb with water? Thanks.
I don't know about altitude smoking----9000'---Yikes!!!
I never use water in my pan, but We're only at about 500'-------508' on my front porch.
Bear