Steve Calvin wrote:
> Shawn wrote:
>> Steve Calvin wrote:
> s you can't re-use it too often.
>>>
>>> huh?!? Sand on the food? Can't reuse it? Do you even have a smoker?
>>> Ever use it with sand in the bowl? Doesn't sound like it. Unless you
>>> remove the grates and drop the food there's absolutely no freekin'
>>> way to get sand on the food.
>>>
>>> To the O.P., just use it dry covered with extra wide heavy duty al.
>>> foil and you'll be fine.
>>>
>> Haven't ever cooked on a windy day??? It's pretty easy to lose the foil
>
> HUH? Yes, I've cooked plenty on windy days. Temp control is certainly an
> issue but losing the foil? What kind of smoker do you have? An open
> pit? My WSM has no problem what-so-ever keeping the foil in place. And
> no, it doesn't blow the sand either....
>

My bad.. I was thinking of my GOSM. With the front open, it will blow
the sand. (And I have lost the foil once. Not attached well)

West Texas spring winds can run to 50 mph.