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Old 06-29-2012, 08:40 AM   #1
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Cooking this weekend in SW Missouri an it's 100+ degrees. My cookers are not insulated. I expect temps running High any ideas for keeping them under control with such high ambient temp?

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Old 06-29-2012, 11:44 AM   #2
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Keep a squirt bottle full of water nearby to squirt on your fire. Thats all I can think off LOL, it's to freaking hot!!!!
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I was thinking a squirt bottle of beer
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Less wood.
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Less wood.
Yup. Less wood = smaller fire = lower temperature.

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Dittos on the smaller fire. Thats about the only way I know of to keep the heat down.
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