First time smoking in the rain!

[smokin fool]

Get yourself an old golf or patio umbrella and a roll of duct tape
cover your smoker and smoke on

[Spinaker]

AS long as it is not dumping out there, I have never really had a huge issue with rain and the PBC.

[Michael_in_TX]

I'll add a corollary.....nothing kills the heat of a burning charcoal chimney than rain falling into it! Thankfully, rain did not kill the coals....and the PBC heated up nicely. I've got about 10 minutes left on these thighs to hit 175. The rain did stop, whew.

[Jerod Broussard]

There is nothing that kills the temperature of a smoker like water hitting the sides of it.

[Michael_in_TX]

Now you tell me....

[Michael_in_TX]

Ugh, I knew better. I should have checked the radar before I got started. Chicken was all prepped, stepped outside to light the chimney....partly cloudy grey skies.

Ten minutes into the chimney light, thunderstorm and a decent rate of rain! So, I took the lid off the PBC (splashing myself with the accumulated water), and dumped the coals in and (carefully) slapped on the grate.

Waited for the rain to die down just a bit and got the chicken on.

We'll see how this goes.....steady drizzle at the moment. At least I am using a PBC, for which I can be pretty confident of the temperature even without setting up my probes.