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Been cooking with mine for probably 4 years but I always wonder about temps and such. Had the butts up to 155 and now back down to 144. Reckon I’m in a bad stall. Wrapped in butcher paper and raising heat to 265ish. Need to push on through this thing

I’ll have some Q-view later. I did go bump it up a few degrees because that big cold front is pushing through. She’s riding at 225 like a dream….first time I’ve ever felt comfortable leaving it or sleeping while it’s going

I normally run it hot and fast, just wanted to do something different this time. I’m not really worried about the change in temp as much as I am making sure it’s been hot enough inside to keep everything safe. Appreciate it fellas. I’m gonna take another nap now 😂

Hello guys and gals. Been smoking on my Akron for quite some time now, but I wanted to work hard to smoke two butts right at 225 this time. Never been able to hold that temp before. My probe is unshielded from the indirect stone above the coals and I was actually able to get my temps settled at...

Smoking stone with a tin pan on top is what I usually run.

I leave a hole dead center of the grate and light the fire in the inner fringes of that. You may be on to something with the lump. It was in an opened bag which had only been rolled up in a storage area that’s open to the underside of my house...which is very damp (another thread for a different...

Intake was below the “1” setting but not much. Vent was set about 1, little below but not just the half moons, as well.

Thanks for the reply and ideas. No shortage of fuel, it was slam full.

Hope all are doing well. I’ll get to the point today, my Akorn was chugging along at 225-227 for 40 minutes on my last cook (preheating before adding meat). I know the consensus is to not adjust vents once meat is added and temp will come back up, but my fire is going out. It’s like when I’m...

Question for the pros, when I went to pull the ribs for foiling, pit temp was 242. I pulled them, immediately shut the lid, less than 20 seconds, and 2 minutes later the temp was soaring above 300. Why does this happen? Is it the change in airflow allowing more air to pass more quickly?

Hello all, I don’t log in much but I keep up with you fellas. Lot of interesting things going on and I finally found time to throw some meat on the smoke after buying my first home and changing careers. Have two racks of St Louis in right now, needing them done in less time that I feel I can...

Thanks for the help NB. Only thing is I didn’t chase at all until the temps fell below 220. A slight adjustment open, 30 minutes later no change. Rinse repeat again. That’s when I had to adjust more aggressively. There is no middle ground today. I’ve pulled the butt at 202 IT and plan to let the...

I should’ve mentioned it is under a tent. This thing blows my mind. It kept climbing to 290, I barely (guys I can’t emphasize how small of an adjustment I made to the top vent) closed it and now she’s dropping like a rock. Don’t get me wrong I’m not expecting anyone to fix my problem, but it is...

Thanks for helping me brainstorm. Temps are mild, 47 when I started ~60 now. Was very rainy this morning but little to no wind. Left a very big open area in the center of my coals and had two small fires going. Easiest run I’ve had getting up to/maintint temps to begin with and all about...

Hello again all. I’ll try to keep this brief and to the point. I’m aware there are tons of threads on the Akorn about temperature control but I am struggling to find the answer to a specific question. If someone could link me to a thread already about this that would be awesome. Put my butt...

Thanks gents. @bradger they all sat out on the counter a good 35 minutes but I’m sure we’re still cool And can someone tel me what a point is? lol i see folks give them but couldn’t find anything about it in search

Also, because I use/used this forum so much as a greenhorn, I try to provide details and info I could see other green horns looking for. So, they cooked around an hour, i wasn’t in a hurry and just let them cook. Some were crispier than others, but none were tough and the skin was so tender...

Hello all. I can’t remember what got me fired up to do wings today, but something did and I gave them my first shot on the akorn. Got one pack of the “wingetes” that were broken down and one pack of whole wings. I sprayed them with a light coat of Pam, and dusted with Tony C’s and some...

Thanks for the comments guys! I’ll post my Q-view here. Got started around 6 am and brought her up to temp...felt like i struggled to keep it up in the 250 range but the butt finished in 9 hours anyway. I never foil but a storm rolling in pushed me to prep it for the oven if the need arose so I...

Thanks guys. I rarely if ever cook below 250 but I like to know I can if I want to