"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
m...
>
> "Troy Lubbers" > wrote in message
>
> > There is no 'lid' on this smoker. It does have a chimney. There seems
to
>snip
> > Troy
>
> OK, re-reading the original post, this is not the one I was thinking of.
> Sounds like the old R2D2 but rectangular.
>
> You keep the stack wide open.
>
> In your original post you state you could not get the temperature up above
> 200 degrees. Now you are worried that a draft would get the coals too
hot.
> WTF do you want? Is it too hot or too cold? Did you open the stack?
What
> happened?
> --
> Ed
> http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/
>
Does this thing have a water pan! If so, and if he is putting cold water in
it, it might be holding back on the temp, that is, until the water in the
pan finally heats up.

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