Not gravity. Charcoal is in a firebox in the bottom, above a water pan. I'd guess 65 percent of the cookers at Memphis in May are backwoods smokers. This weighs 270 lbs and is just a medium sized one.
Oh nice, how often have to reload the charcoal? Is the water pan essential to the results, in your opinion? Ive looked at those stubbs gravity fed cookers several times. Do you know if those are used much in the comps?
The other smoker we have, a backwoods fatboy, will hold temp for 16 or more hrs without loading charcoal but I think we have to add water. Some have adapters to add a water tank to load via gravity. Its a little bit heavier. This one doesn't have the ability to add water via that method.
Stubbs makes BBQ sauce.
