There are a number of important steps to follow
when using your smoker. The steps are outlined
below and more detail on each process follows.
1. Cleaning your Smokey Mountain Cooker
2. Preparing and lighting your ire
3. Filling the water pan
4. Setting the vents and monitoring the temperature
5. Adding smoking wood and food
6. Monitoring and adjusting your Smokey Mountain
Cooker
1. Cleaning your Smokey Mountain Cooker
Before you get started, it is important to ensure that
your smoker is clean.
a. The bowl of the charcoal chamber should be clear
of any ash or debris.
b. The water pan should be cleaned every time you
cook. Remove any water, fat or food from previous
cooks. To clean, simply use hot water, detergent and
a nylon scourer.
c. The cooking grills must be clean and free of any old
food residue, grease or sauce, every time you cook.
For any solid debris on your cooking grills, you can
use a wire brush. Again, clean your grills after use
with hot water, detergent and a nylon scourer.
d. Clean the thermometer probe.
Once your smoker is clean, it is time to prepare and
light the fuel.
2. Preparing and lighting your ire
The following instructions and quantities are
designed to be used with Weber® Barbecue
Briquettes.
When building your ire, we suggest you use a
combination of lit and unlit fuel. Unlit fuel is placed
around the inside of the charcoal chamber on the
charcoal grate. The lit fuel can be prepared and lit in
a Weber Rapidire™ Chimney Starter. The lit fuel will
provide the heat to start cooking and smoking, while
the unlit fuel provides a reserve that will slowly burn
and maintain heat over the duration of the cooking
time.
Regular Cook (6-8 hours) Suggested Fuel Quantities
Extended Cook (10-12 hours) Suggested Fuel Quantities
To light your ire:
a. Remove the lid and centre ring from your smoker
to access the charcoal chamber.
b. Place the recommended amount of unlit fuel into
the charcoal chamber, as illustrated.
3
37cm
Smoker
47cm
Smoker
57cm
Smoker
Unlit fuel
(Weber BBQ
Briquettes)
30
Briquettes
40
Briquettes
50
Briquettes
Lit fuel
(Weber BBQ
Briquettes)
30
Briquettes
40
Briquettes
50
Briquettes
Using your Smokey Mountain Cooker
™
37cm
Smoker
47cm
Smoker
57cm
Smoker
Unlit fuel
(Weber BBQ
Briquettes)
50
Briquettes
65
Briquettes
80
Briquettes
Lit fuel
(Weber BBQ
Briquettes)
30
Briquettes
40
Briquettes
50
Briquettes