I'm trying to smoke my first salmon today. I brined overnight and stuck
into my beloved WSM. In an effort to keep the temps to 140F, I (used the
minion method, just as all my other smoking activites), I kept the lower
vents as *closed* as possible.

Well, now I'll well over 250F, thinking I should have thought about this
more, and severly limited the qty of lump... maybe just to the lump in my
charcoal starter.

So, can anyone give me some pointers:

1) How will this salmon come out? I can't imagine it being bad, but not
like I was hoping. I'll cook it to ~160F and see, this ship has sailed.
;-)

2) How does one keep a WSM ~140F. Maybe just pour (into an empty WSM)
whatever lump is in the charcoal starter and add more lump as needed?


I s'ppose nothing is lost here. I have two loins waiting in the wings for
their chance into the smoker. ;-)

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Better living through smoking.