Char-Broil Charcoal Water Smoker 4654301 "cooking oil hot enough" Questions

...hot enough. I was using vegetable oil. oil does not matter,any cooking oil will work, olive oil is the least desireable , you must have a good strong gas flow to your burner to get the oil temp ...

...cooking tri-tip and veggies on the bottom rack, ribs on the top, about 3 1/2 hours past before I decided to remove the water pan and let direct heat be applied to the food. By the time food was ...