I've got a limited number of smokes on my ECB and just wondering when you guys & gals put your meat in the smoker. Meaning, do you start your fire, let it run for 10 minutes or so, assemble the body over the fire pan then dial in the temperature before putting the meat on? Or do you pretty much put the meat on and then watch the temp and dial it in as the meat is in the smoker?
Maybe I just get really anxious, but I can't seem to wait 20 minutes or so to let the smoker settle before putting the meat on. I'm having a bit of trouble this morning with my ECB runnin hot. This is my first smoke after making the mods, so I'm getting used to all the extra air! And this is also my first smoke using lump (probably shouldn't have changed two variables at the same time!). I'm sure my tolerances were a little off, but I wonder if I'm getting some extra air leaking in on the inlets. I've basically had the air inlets either closed or between 1/4 open and closed the entire time. I had them at 1/4 open and I noticed the temp sky rocketed over 300...looked in and noticed an open flame! Bah! Not sure if maybe I didn't let the lump settle long enough before assembling the smoker causing it to be hot???
I have a lot of issues...
Maybe I just get really anxious, but I can't seem to wait 20 minutes or so to let the smoker settle before putting the meat on. I'm having a bit of trouble this morning with my ECB runnin hot. This is my first smoke after making the mods, so I'm getting used to all the extra air! And this is also my first smoke using lump (probably shouldn't have changed two variables at the same time!). I'm sure my tolerances were a little off, but I wonder if I'm getting some extra air leaking in on the inlets. I've basically had the air inlets either closed or between 1/4 open and closed the entire time. I had them at 1/4 open and I noticed the temp sky rocketed over 300...looked in and noticed an open flame! Bah! Not sure if maybe I didn't let the lump settle long enough before assembling the smoker causing it to be hot???
I have a lot of issues...