Mick wrote:

> Thanks for all the quick responses! The consensus is: chunks, not chips.
> Unfortunately it is not the season for BBQ'n around here - temps won't be
> above freezing for a couple of months. Home Depot & others do not sell
> chunks during the winter so I have to use what's available. I'll try the
> foil method.

Whaddya mean it's not BBQ season? Properly prepared, a WSM will chug
right along in sub freezing weather.

http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/coldtemp.html

I thought I saw a bag of hickory chunks at my local Wal*Mart recently.
You might wanna look carefully around the grilling/charcoal section.
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Aloha,

Nathan Lau
San Jose, CA

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> I thought I saw a bag of hickory chunks at my local Wal*Mart recently.

Same he For the past three years WalMart has put out the chucks within
two weeks after Christmas. They even got the Lump coal out this year.

ag

AG wrote:
>> I thought I saw a bag of hickory chunks at my local Wal*Mart
>> recently.
>
Just got a 25 lb. bag of Hickory chunks at Home Depot ........ here in
Northern New England !!

In article > ,
says...
<snip>
>
> Whaddya mean it's not BBQ season? Properly prepared, a WSM will chug
> right along in sub freezing weather.
>
> http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/coldtemp.html
>
>
<snip>

Do you < or any one else > have any experience with the Silver Bullet
Smoker Jacket? I'm wondering if there's any venting at the top.

Bill

Bill wrote:
> In article > ,
> says...
> <snip>
>
>>Whaddya mean it's not BBQ season? Properly prepared, a WSM will chug
>>right along in sub freezing weather.
>>
>>http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/coldtemp.html
>
> <snip>
>
> Do you < or any one else > have any experience with the Silver Bullet
> Smoker Jacket? I'm wondering if there's any venting at the top.

According to this post:

http://tvwbb.101inc.com/ultimatebb.c...c;f=3;t=000159

there is no top vent. It's designed that way for insulation and no air
movement.

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Aloha,

Nathan Lau
San Jose, CA

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In article >,
says...
> Bill wrote:
> > In article > ,
> > says...
> > <snip>
> >
> >>Whaddya mean it's not BBQ season? Properly prepared, a WSM will chug
> >>right along in sub freezing weather.
> >>
> >>http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/coldtemp.html
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Do you < or any one else > have any experience with the Silver Bullet
> > Smoker Jacket? I'm wondering if there's any venting at the top.
>
> According to this post:
>
> http://tvwbb.101inc.com/ultimatebb.c...c;f=3;t=000159
>
> there is no top vent. It's designed that way for insulation and no air
> movement.
>
>

Hmmm... I can imagine what the inside of that cover looks like after a few smoking
sessions. Plus I would think no draft at all would tend to put the fire out in the
smoker.

Thanks for the info though. At the sale price I just may get one and cut a whole in the
top to let the exhaust out and provide access for my thermometer probes.

Bill