How to light a Weber Smokey Mountain Smoker

Just got a used WSM 22" in good condition. Any advice on how to get a temp of 275F-285F and stable?

I have the 18.5" WSM. Still trying to learn how to control the temps on it. I bought a ThermoWorks Signal and the Billows blower unit. I'll see how that works out. Gonna do a 7lb. bone in butt this week. Fingers crossed.

Great video, no nonsense and fully informative. Thanks dude!

Thank you for your time and efforts. Greatly appreciated.

Nice job.

There seems to be conflicting views about the fire management concerning dirty smoke .When the charcoal is red and the wood has stopped burning you have clean smoke when the charcoal and wood is smoldering it is creating acidic smoke and soot that lays on the food giving it a bitter taste. your method of choking the fire to hold the temperature with coal slowly igniting over the long cook creates this problem .This has been my experience that I am trying to correct.

Thankyou very easy to follow setup.

Great video. Very helpful. Thanks so much!

How many pounds of briquettes do you think you used? It looked like almost a bag, but I couldn't see what the bag weighed.

Concise and great video! Thanks for making this!

Awesome video, thanks

That was simple and informative! Thank you

Thank you for the video great quality instructions

Perfect video. Thanks!!

Nice and simple vid. Good job

This is great! Thank you!

Hey nice video. So what is the difference between briquette and charcoal? Thanks

Appreciate the walk-thru friend

Great video brother. Very informative. I just subbed

Thank you I needed this help 😊

Hello Stu, I just happend upon your channel. Enjoy this video I own a 22 inch WSM and I just love it. I am now subscribed to your channel, have rung the bell, and liked this video!
Take care my friend.

Just picked one of these up yesterday. Going to fire it up in a few minutes for the first time! Great video, thank you.

Great video thanks for the help!

Great video - the voiceover approach is so much better than trying to narrate in-video...

Great video man! Going to give this a try today. Time to season my first WSM!

Cool as hell how he pours the charcoal briquets in while barely disturbing the already-placed wood chunks. The master's hand.

Thank you. I just picked up a webber sm 14" today.
Getting ready for 4th of July :)

i live in florida where it’s very humid in the summer time, would you still recommend using water in the pan

That must be a 22"? The access door looks huge compared to mine. A larger door must make it much easier to add fuel or water. Very nice video.

As a new owner (mere hours ago) of a Weber Smoky Mountain I greatly appreciate the demonstration. Clear and concise, very well done. Great information, thank you!!

Just bought one of these. dam good video.

Appreciate it

Thanks so much for the video! Clearly shows how to use.

Wouaw ❤

You should have acted like you were going to get the water out of the pool 😅

I agree with @user-be8gt2of6g below I learnt soooo much from your excellent video :) thanks heaps...

Great video. Thanks so much.

Fire charcoal and flip flops....

Nice straightforward video. I wrote down all the steps. Can’t wait to fire up my WSM