Granny's Gang Barbeque
Is lookin for wood to cook with.
How we doing everybody?
Had a misfortune befall me on my past two competition cooks. Same situation both times. Competition grounds laid out in a field, no shade to hide in. Both comps featured an overnight cook. During the evening hours the cooker did great, held 260 consistently. Night time temps about 50 degrees, each time. Cooker doing great. Then the sun comes up. Daytime temps about 80 degrees. My WSM gets blasted with direct sunlight. Cooker temps goes from 260 to about 310 in about 45 minutes. The WSM thermometer and the BBQ Guru confirmed this. My heart sank. I wasn't going to ribs on at 310 degrees. I took off the guru, put in the kill plug and waited for the temp to come down. An hour later I was at 285, and was forced to put the ribs on.
My question: Has anyone else experienced this and what do they do for a remedy?
Thanks
Had a misfortune befall me on my past two competition cooks. Same situation both times. Competition grounds laid out in a field, no shade to hide in. Both comps featured an overnight cook. During the evening hours the cooker did great, held 260 consistently. Night time temps about 50 degrees, each time. Cooker doing great. Then the sun comes up. Daytime temps about 80 degrees. My WSM gets blasted with direct sunlight. Cooker temps goes from 260 to about 310 in about 45 minutes. The WSM thermometer and the BBQ Guru confirmed this. My heart sank. I wasn't going to ribs on at 310 degrees. I took off the guru, put in the kill plug and waited for the temp to come down. An hour later I was at 285, and was forced to put the ribs on.
My question: Has anyone else experienced this and what do they do for a remedy?
Thanks