"Robyn" > wrote in message
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> Hi,
> So one of the next shows I see is "Good Eats" and Alton built that
> amazing looking ceramic smoker. Sounds good to me, so I made one. This
> time I tried country style ribs. No good. The temp in the smoker
> initially went up to about 220, but after the meat went on I couldn't
> get it any higher than about 170 or so. And we're in the middle of a
> scorcher of a heatwave, it was 120 degrees in there even without the
> burner...

If it gets windy I just toss an old towel over the top of the pots, my pot
smoker has gone up to 275F, and do u have the hole in the top pluged? A lot
of heat can escape through there. Did u have the burner on max the whole
time? I drilled a bunch of 1/2 holes around the edge and in the middle of
my pie plate to help the heat rise up past the plate...