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Thanks Brian! I think maybe my mistake has been not closing down the vents soon enough.

Since I’ve gotten my WSM 18.5 I’ve had some trouble keeping temperatures. I’m trying to do a 250F cook for around 3-4 hours and I’m wondering what charcoal setup I should go for. Standard? Minion? Snake? Lump? Briquettes? Help.

Will find that thread. Thanks. I saw this at Walmart, is this what you're referring to?

There's really no need to yell :-P. Seems like briquettes would help me out due to the uniformity as you said. I'll have to pick up a few bags this week. Yeah, seems like KBB is the way to go. I am using water in the pan but I only filled it halfway. I thought by the time I needed 300 it...

Thanks for the reply Chris. I will have to try that method next time. Do you normally use lump or briquettes?

I got a WSM 18.5" a few weeks ago and have been enjoying it. I keep running into an issue with the amount of time I get out of charcoal. Have been using Royal Oaks lump charcoal. Last Saturday, I filled the ring to the top and lit some charcoal in an upside down chimney starter. Added the...