New smoker… what to do with the damper?

I've seen a few of those in person, one was the Pit Boss model with the rotisserie.
I have always like the design of them.
Good luck, hope it turns out some good Q!
Let us know how it works.

I had one of those.
The damper adjustment will adjust the temperature in the cook chamber. I eventually settled on running it full open. The temp could be adjusted/held with intake dials. I ran exhaust wide open, intake about 1/4 inch open…..not a lot different than you likely did with drums. The baffle seemed to slow the draft.
Hope that helps.

I owned one of those for a couple of years. I ran the damper on the second notch open if that makes sense. If I ran it full open it cooked to uneven on the different levels. Could easily burn things on the lower level if not careful. I ran the side dampers about half open and the dials on top about 1/2 open.

It was a nice smoker and once dialed in I could get it to stay at temp and not have to add any fuel for about 3 hours. I got rid of it because I wanted to go back to stick burning. Ideally I would have liked to keep it and the offset, but I have too many cookers as it is.

Good luck with it!