Hello!
I have been lurking on this site and smoking for about 6 months or so. I went out and bought an ECB Gormet to try and see if I could enjoy some smoked food and so far it's been pretty fun... if I smoke pork. I think that I may have a problem that most guys with ECB's don't have-- Too much heat! Seems that no matter what I do, the smoker goes up to 300 and hangs solidly in there, door open or closed. I put a damper to close (and open) the hole in the bottom of the charcoal pan and that didn't seem to do anything, either.
So anyway's if anyone has any ideas to get my temps to 225 that would be great! Even though 300 is too hot, I can smoke pork and it turns out really well. Did a brisket once.... and at that temp you can about imagine how fun that was to eat. If I can figure out how to post pics, maybe I can put some on here of my smoking machine and that may help if someone recognizes something that I've done wrong.
Thanks!
Matt
I have been lurking on this site and smoking for about 6 months or so. I went out and bought an ECB Gormet to try and see if I could enjoy some smoked food and so far it's been pretty fun... if I smoke pork. I think that I may have a problem that most guys with ECB's don't have-- Too much heat! Seems that no matter what I do, the smoker goes up to 300 and hangs solidly in there, door open or closed. I put a damper to close (and open) the hole in the bottom of the charcoal pan and that didn't seem to do anything, either.
So anyway's if anyone has any ideas to get my temps to 225 that would be great! Even though 300 is too hot, I can smoke pork and it turns out really well. Did a brisket once.... and at that temp you can about imagine how fun that was to eat. If I can figure out how to post pics, maybe I can put some on here of my smoking machine and that may help if someone recognizes something that I've done wrong.
Thanks!
Matt