On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:17:43 -0700 in rec.food.cooking, "Steve B"
> wrote,
>The advice about the foil with holes is in the instructions. On reading
>reviews of this cooker, most comment that they had to drill holes in the
>charcoal pan or make a hanging screen because it doesn't get "hot enough",
>but to my recollection, the cooking takes place from 180-195 F,

That sounds like the temperature in the interior of the piece of meat,
not the higher temp in the smoker needed to transfer heat to the meat.