OK, got the SW going for about an hour so far.
First, I'm using no water in the pan.
I made a mistake by getting the initial fire to hot, the temp ran up to about 260...so I closed the vents down to 1/2 turn open each. The pit temp was set for 225.
After 1/2 an hour or so the temp went down to 225 and has been holding there for an hour.
I added a couple of fatties(my first ones).
One Jimmy Dean one Bob Evans...both have cream cheese, poblano peppers, gouda cheese and some ham I smoked.
The ramp feature worked well and did not blow continuous but it took a bit to get from 205 to 225.
fyi...having 25 cfm is nice if only for holding it with damper fully open and stoking the fire for initial temp.
Also, I have done Nothing extra trying to make my SW airtight.....it's as it came from Jay.
It holding again at 224-227 all looks well.
I have the blower damper opened so only one slot shows on the etching on damper.