On Apr 7, 5:57*am, JeffH wrote:
Until I build something for myself, I have a second-hand Brinkmann
Smoke'N Grill to do my hot smoking in. I've used it a few times and
get nice flavor out of it, but consistently the problem is that it's
impossible to get the heat up where I want it (so far that's been
225F).

My mods to the grill so far have been to move the feet to the outside
so the fire pan can sit on some bricks below and *the rest of the
smoker can be lifted off for refueling. I also drilled a total of 4
holes in the bottom of the pan. I've tried both lump hardwood charcoal

Most of the ideas I've seen in the past all suggest more holes in the
pan.
One guy (Fatman *cough* *cough*) used his shotgun to do this, w/pics
provided.

Other than airflow (really the lack of it) what else could the problem
be really?