Smokin in a Brinkman vertical smoker

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I bought a cheap(ish) smoker on Craigslist and set it up to smoke a Boston Butt. This one runs on charcoal and I tossed plenty of hickory chips into the pan with the charcoal. Turns out maintaining a temperature is harder than it should be with this model. It didn’t help that it was cold and rainy out.

After 9 hours in this smoker I gave up and tossed it into the oven to finish. The smoky flavor is pretty good but I’ve done better with my propane grill.