My friend has a Rec Tec, lives in Yuma. We were out visiting this weekend, he was running the smoker, had trouble maintaining temp. He is going to call this week and see what they say as he has says he has had trouble maintaining temp since it got hot outside. Outside air temp was about 112, had it set on 225 and the thing was running over 270. Turned it down to 200, still ran about 265. Hope they figure it out.
Thats about what mine will be on a 100 degree day in the direct sunlight. I haven't tried it in the shade, but I suspect that will help. I also noticed that if I put a large piece of cold meat, and a water pan on, it will help, but once the meat heats up I don't think it is possible for it to keep the fire going and keep the temp any lower. Let me know what they say though... I meant to call in but never did. Figured there wasn't much that could be done in those conditions.
