Rain&009

I keep mine under a walkway between the house & garage, out of direct rain.

The rain will not take away heat from the cooker because of it's heavy insulation. You should, however protect the electronics and the smoke hole from being exposed to rain. Rain on the electronics could short it out and rain down the smoke hole... well, you can imagine what that will do. If there's water puddling around the bottom of the unit, then it's also a good idea to get the electric plug above the water level.

Place four vegetable cans on the top of your cooker, one at each corner. Put a piece of plywood or a large baking sheet on top of the cans and you're good to go.

Now, gotta give credit where credit is due. That nifty idea comes from Tom.

I have the stand under my 008, but I just lay a cookie sheet over the knob and smoke hole and let it rain.

Great ideas .Thanks. Ray

Something I've done in the past is place a 2" cast iron plumbers 90-degree 'elbow' over the smoke vent. It doesn't restrict the flow, water can't get in and wind won't blow it off. If it does, you probably picked the wrong day to smoke.

rain...rain...oh, thats the water that comes down out of the sky in some places? It's like that "snow" people talk about, but not frozen? Heard about it..

I have a little case/shed that my 008 sits in on my deck to keep out the weather while I am smoking. I put a curved pipe on top to let out the smoke. It works great. I talked to a guy at the local Cabelas and he smokes in a Rubbermaid tub of some sort to keep it out of the weather

I just lay a large flat cookie sheet over mine and it covers the smoke hole, therm control, and probe module. I have cooked like that in pouring rain, wind driven snow, sleet, t'storms, etc. I put a large rock on top to hold it down. No problems at all.