Thanks for all the different opinions. I am still figuring out what I like and how to get what I want. When I smoked on the bullet smoker I was going about 300, I shot to keep it between 250 and 275 on the barrel smoker. I haven't had this smoker too long and have only cooked with it a few times. Here are a few pics of the smoker and some necks plus one with my goofy mutt.