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The chicken looks great and you sound like you're really enjoying your cooking , which is nice to see. As far as smoking everything on the plate....while I think you should try to smoke every food item once , it's nice to have the contrast on your plate of nice smoked meat and then unsmoked...
for a lot of people , its hard to justify spending a lot on a real good smoker when its just kind of a lark and youre not sure if youll even use it a lot. if you spend a few bucks on a cheapie and then dick around with it a little to get it to work halfway good , you don't feel like youre...
What does the charcoal pan look like? Any holes or slots in it? One of the mods you usually hear about in smokers of this type is making holes in the (solid) charcoal bowl or pan to get more air to the fuel. And to answer your question , yes. More charcoal should mean more heat.....in theory...
Try it with no water ...just the empty bowl. The water might be sucking up all the heat.
Edit: thinking about everything you said in your post , I will offer my 2 cents. (I am not an expert)
If your smoker is only getting up to roughly 137 degrees I would definitely ditch the water. Maybe just...
And here's a throwback all the way to 1917! Fits right into Memorial Day .My grandpa on his wedding day in his army uniform. Not sure if this was before he went to France or after he got back but he was in France for WW1.
Don't feel bad. Sometimes you go for witty and miss the mark. As a life long wise a$$ , I've done it a million times. My dad would say " well , that went over like a fart in church " :biggrin::biggrin:
Well , on the left in the white t-shirt is big brother Tom . He lives in Texas now and is a big BBQ expert.(says he) standing in front of him holding the cat
(Kokomo) is my baby brother Patrick . Seated in the fancy duds is my Irish twin , Dennis. This was the day of his big guitar recital. He...
I was asleep at the switch last year , but not this year! I just got a few more bags yesterday at HD for $9.88....I've got 10 bags now. I think that'll do me for the summer!
TBT: me and my brother in our back yard in Newtonville circa 1954....shortly after this was taken we were flooded out of this house by hurricane Carol.
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