by smokeybry » 09 Aug 2017, 21:18
Sounds hot, my new 57cm (22.5") wsm, with water in the pan, with restaurant grade lumpwood from Makro using the minion method (I start with about half a chimney of lit lumpwood) sits around 230-260F with all 3 vents around half way or less, it starts cool and slowly warms up as more charcoal lights, when the temp starts to drop off I have to open the vents some more to maintain temps. I have ran it in varying conditions, some wet and windy, some dry and windy.
I have ran my WSM 4 times so far since it arriving a few weeks ago and have used the minion method everytime.
How much charcoal are you lighting to start with?