On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:57:29 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:

> I have a Brinkman Gourmet bullet smoker and switched to sand on the
> expert advice of my AFB gurus. It is far superior to the sand, however,
> I found that I had to lessen the amount of sand as the temperature was
> getting too high. I now know just how much sand I need to maintain the
> temperature I want in the smoker.

The only time I used sand in my ECBG I couldn't get the temperature
high enough. I couldn't get it over 210 when it usually idles at
250-270F.

I still use water or nothing at all.

-sw