My new Model 50 arrived on Wednesday, seasoned that night, got up early this morning to start a 7 1/2 lb. butt. Have babybacks, beans, ABT's, bologna and smoked eggs planned for the weekend.
Kinda excited, this is a whole new learning experience, alot different than smoking on my bullet or an offset. My biggest concern is the temperture variation with the CS. When seasoning the smoker, set at 200 degrees, I had a high reading of 285 degrees and a low reading of 176 degrees, a difference of 109 degrees. I kinda wrote this off due to the fact that the oven was empty and I had more wood in the box than I would use for smoking, (9 ozs.) So far on my first cook, this morning I had temp. difference of 79 degrees, high of 269 and a low of 190, the temp control is set at 225 with 2 ozs. of hickory in the box. Sure would appreciate any feedback on whether or not this is normal, what has been your experience with temp. variation? Speaking of this being a whole new experience, I have always had to babysit with my smoker, never too far away, cooler nearby and Bud Lite in hand. Now, that I can walk away, the wife is talking about replacing that Bud Lite in my hand with the vaccum, that is not a pretty picture, any suggestions there? Sure appreciate all you CS'ers.....really enjoyed my time here and have learned alot.
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