Thanks, will send on to my younger son. His wife bought him one of those El Cheapo Brinkmanns and he isn't the happiest camper with it, BUT has to use it until his wife thinks he was used it all up! LOL Anyway, will tell him of your fix. Those things are very difficult to keep up to temp, much less get the right amount of smoke, IMHO. Tried two of them--gave up. Both were cast offs from others. Now I know why they got rid of them!