Hi Bradley Smoker folks,
I've had my Digital 4 rack smoker for along time (over a decade I believe). I've also got the Auber Pid that I love. Most of the time when I'm making baby backs, I get 1 package from Costco that contains 3 racks of ribs. To get them to fit well onto the Bradley wire racks, I typically cut the racks of ribs in half, and so I can fit 3 half racks of ribs on one wire rack. This works well as long as I only use 2 wire racks (and 3 racks of ribs) at a time. However, as I've discovered, if I load up my smoker with 6 full racks of ribs (12 half racks), my smoker cannot get up to full temp of 220. degrees. It maxes out at about 170 degrees. FYI, I mount my temp probes (I have one for the Auber and one for the Maverick) hanging in between the middle racks. I'm curious if others have had similar experiences and how do you resolve this?
TIA
Smoker Bart