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  1. dillons

    having trouble getting smoker to temp using fire box

    Okay thanks for the advice, i am only 18 years old and got it for a birthday present and it has two rotating vents on the side and would it be a good idea to use actual logs of wood in the offset firebox to try and get the temperature that i need
  2. dillons

    having trouble getting smoker to temp using fire box

    that is a good point lump charcoal does burn quite a bit hotter and i was wondering would cooking with a couple logs of mesquite would make my fite hot enough to achieve the temperature i need
  3. dillons

    having trouble getting smoker to temp using fire box

    you are right on the money that is my grill
  4. dillons

    having trouble getting smoker to temp using fire box

    ok thanks for the advice and i have an oven thermometer that i also use i had it on the grill level at the hottest temp it read 205 degrees but not for very long my smoker is on the sams club website it is a smoke hollow 36189C and is a grill and a smoker thanks for all the advice
  5. dillons

    having trouble getting smoker to temp using fire box

    here is what my smoker looks like, this is the website to it http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/pr...oductId=191476 thanks again for all the help, you may not know but i am only eighteen years old and just need a little help from more experienced people thanks
  6. dillons

    having trouble getting smoker to temp using fire box

    no i did not have a water pan in there at all thought about putting one in the middle but didnt because i could not get heat above 150 degrees on the back end of the smoking chamber. i added a whole thirteen pound bag of charcoal on top of another five pounds and still could not get it above 200...
  7. dillons

    having trouble getting smoker to temp using fire box

    I thought the same thing about not having enough charcoal so i used a whole 13.6 pound bag of briquettes and near the opening the temp reached 200 but would go no higher and at the other end of the smoking chamber the temp was only 150. i had the intake vent all the way open. how could i...
  8. dillons

    having trouble getting smoker to temp using fire box

    I just recently got a new smoke hollow charcoal wagon smoker and grill and am having trouble getting the temperature up above 150 degrees in the smoking chamber. i was using kingsford charcoal briquettes, should i be using a different fuel. It says in my manual to use logs of wood 14-18 inches...
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