Meat temperatures on offset smoker. Help!

[djb7595]

Hey guys, so I've got a Horizon offset smoker. I've done multiple smokes on it with some pretty good success. The only issue I'm having is the differences in temperature from one side to the other. I put a buffer in which helps but when I did ribs last weekend, the side closest to the firebox is getting done a lot sooner than the other side. Same thing happened with my pork butt. Is there any way to fix this so the meat is consistent throughout?

 

[betaboy]

About all you can do in that situation is to swap them around to even it out during the cook.

 

[SmokinAl]

Or you can put a set of tuning plates in.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/newsearch?search=tuning+plates

Al