Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:35:53 -0400, "kilikini"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>> Christine
>>
>> You can, but 220 will still do the job. Ideally, though, you want
>> it at about 250. How much fuel do you have in there?
>>
>> kili
>>
>
> A ton.
>
> I went off to bed for a few hours. Just got up, and almost had a
> heart attack when I went out to check on the temp. I had closed the
> vents to about 25% open, and I couldn't see any smoke coming out. I
> was using the little temp probe I had (which only goes up to 220( and
> it was registering 20 degrees!!!! I quick looked inside, and the
> coals were still lit, and slowly igniting the rest of them. I
> opened the vents to about half way, and the smoke started picking up,
> and the temp then registered about 220...
> I breathed a sigh of relief. However, I did leave the vents open
> halfway. I did peek at the butt, and it is about 148 degrees
> now...looking nice and brown and juicy.
>
> Christine, whose heart is now slowing down a bit...

Oh, and I forgot to say that sometimes we don't have smoke coming out of
ours, either. Initially, yes, but after a while, not so much. I'd say
you're fine.

kili