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I had the same issue. The problem is that I was not using enough fuel. I was trying to do it with just charcoal but it was not producing enough heat. I switched to using charcoal and wood chunks. This got the temp up to around 260-275 and smoked a beautiful pork loin this weekend. Man that thing...

Thank you for the replies. I tried some lump coal, which I found easily falls through the bottom of my chimney, but that's a whole different story... I got it up to 225 and it held for a while. I just had to pile it in there to start it up. I think I am on the right path now, thanks again.

Wanted to join and tap into some of this smoked meat knowledge.

Hey, First time poster so please be gentle. I just purchased a Smoke Canyon vertical smoker with side mounted firebox. I put a chimney of charcoal in the box and I have the box vent all the way open with the chimney vent 1/2 way closed. I can not seem to get above 175 degrees. The firebox is...