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    2014 WSM. So SWEET!

    Thank you..very helpful! I kept thinking about un even burn....now I will know to just leave it and worry about one vent
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    New Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5

    Rodriguez, What do you think is the best to fill your pan with and why? Didn't mean toput you on the spot, just know you have some knowledge after the weeks I have spent on here reading
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    New Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5

    Hi WHB we meet again.... I am new to the wsm but everything I have read says that yes the water is totally for temp control. Some use nothing except tin foil( hotter smokes like chicken and turkey) and some use terra cotta pots, play sand or even bricks wrapped in tin foil to fill the water...
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    2014 WSM. So SWEET!

    Also what type of charcoal are you using ? I use lump and the wsm 18:yahoo::yahoo:
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    2014 WSM. So SWEET!

    Rodriguez my man..... I have seen a few of your posts on the wsm. I am probably going to grab a welding blanket as I live in Canada...enough said! Question on the 2 closed 1 open on the bottem vents....do you find the charcoal doesn't burn evenly if you only have the one side exposed to...
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    Temperature Control with 18.5 inch WSM

    I am using lump charcoal by the way...
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    Temperature Control with 18.5 inch WSM

    Hi all- I just got my 18" wsm last week. I have done 4 smokes on it so far(2 practice /break ins and 2 food smokes). I am also have a bit of difficulty dialling in a good solid temp for a steady amount of time. Rodriguez- I have done the minion method twice like to have described it. Do you...
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    2014 WSM. So SWEET!

    I finally went to bed about 4 hours into it. It was holding 230f when I last looked at it. I looked again at 7am and it was sitting at 225f. That made me pretty happy this morning! I think I got about 9 hours at 225-250f with a full pan of lump and using the minion method. Had boiling water in...
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    2014 WSM. So SWEET!

    If your still around I got a question for ya. .. If I am only opening one vent out of three on the bottom won't the charcoals tend to burn in the direction of the open vent leaving unburnt charcoal on all the other sides. Just trying to figure out how some of the guys on here say they'll...
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    2014 WSM. So SWEET!

    I'll take the blame for ruining the thread. I have did some very minor adjustments to the one vent and I am hanging around 230f I am from Ontario Canada. Southern Ontario that is. You ?
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    2014 WSM. So SWEET!

    Oh yeah you have been a help. Your replying to my virgin posts.!! I think I got it going now.....I am just hoping a can keep 225 ish over night. I guess we will see It's not billowing smoke like it was when first started the minion just the nice thin blue smoke. I just need to get hang of...
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    2014 WSM. So SWEET!

    Nice I am having a Busch. I only have one vent on top. I have read of a few guys who do it this way. With only one bottom vent open
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    2014 WSM. So SWEET!

    Just went out and checked it again. Sitting at 228f so it is dropping a bit. The smoke looks like the good thin blue smoke now. Maybe it is just once the charcoal gets going it smokes until then?
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    2014 WSM. So SWEET!

    Top is wide open bottom has two out of three vents closed with one open about 10%and I am holding good smoking temps 230f right now
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    2014 WSM. So SWEET!

    I will get crosiilt Even though it is sitting at 233f ??
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