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i end up installing a 2.5" to the dome. I compared also with the gun and yes it does average 90-100 degrees lower on laser, Whats weird I shot the laser into the open vent and it went down even more to like 190? maybe was hitting the foil idk lol.

wow thanks dward, real good information! I did use a fully lit chimney. Is that why stayed too hot? how much charcoal in the ring, i put about two full chimney in the ring and used half a chimney to light it. I tried it without water and just covered whole pan with foil. I opened top vent...

Thanks for advice. I dug up an old 14" rectangular grate that fit, just has gaps on side. Giving that a try, but I will order the right ones. So far it's working, my temp has been stuck at 300 trying to get 230. Top vents open, bottom two closed and 1 barely open. Anyway thanks

the fire ring is it the circle with all the holes? i have that one. idk if hd will be open today, but il check. if not would putting in a bigger grate work, its just sits higher than it supposed to. Thanks for quick reply

quick story: picked up a 18" wsm on side of road, replaced grills now i just noticed there is no bottom charcoal grate under the chamber, would it be safe to put the coal without the grate, would it burn thru the bottom? i will eventually order one, but wondering for doing it one time would it...

Thanks for the info! Yes, I might as well get a more accurate thermo if I'm gnna be smoking more often. Thanks noboundaries, can't wait to find out how the two compares amd see differences in degrees. Btw, it's a 18"

Hello, Never used or heard of a smoker in my life until few days ago when someone left out a WSM on the street for free. Picked it up, did alot of research on it and now im excited to use it. Watched many youtube vids, and read forums like here to gather info on how what to do. As for the wsm...

Hello, Picked up an old wsm someone left out for free. Just needed to replace the grills. Never used one of these a day in my life, but now doing research on it and seems like something i really want to get into. Anyway, the grill is an old one from I wanna say 2004, on the vent its labeled DH...