>It did go up to a little over 300° for a bit, but seems to be hovering
>between 250° and 285° I just checked it and added some water and a
>little bit of charcoal, so it will have to come up to temp again.
>
>I figured that it wouldn't be a bad idea to add a bit more charcoal
>while I was adding the water because it would be one less opportunity to
>open it and mess with the temperature.

In my WSM it seems that adding charcoal also brings the temp down,
pretty hard sometimes.

It's like the heat from the burning coals goes to lighting the new
coals instead of up to the grill.

-Zz