I couldn't find anything on "the web" against wrapping a drum smoker in a blanket (admittedly I didn't look very hard), so I grabbed a blanket that may or may not be the property of the most recent moving company that I have used...
I wrapped it up because despite my best efforts the smoker would either shoot way up to 250 with all the holes open or hover around 208 with one hole closed. I thought to myself, "Self, I bet your smoker is loosing a lot of heat to the atmosphere. If you were to wrap it up in that blanket, you could conserve heat." And so I did. So far the temp has evened out at 232 which isn't too bad all things considered (all of those things being the freezing temperature outside). Heres to hoping that it doesn't catch on fire. God Forbid I be the focus of the next safety brief, right after: "Don't deep fry a turkey inside," youll have to sit through:
"Do not wrap a Smoker or Grill in a U-Haul Blanket."
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