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Smoking at low temperatures without monitoring is all the hype but I suggest checking the temperatures at different locations in your smoker at different set points. I have a 340 and have a 20 degree higher temperature on the right side compared to left at 225. At 400 degrees it 50. The 340’s...

Only way to know for sure is to measure!

What I've found matches your results. At smoking temps of ~225 the temps across the grate are close but still hot on the right side. The difference climbs as the temperature increases. I'm no scientist but let me suggest having the fan blowing through the pellets on the left side to the right...

The Heavy D won't fit on the 340, I have the 340 and had a welding friend put 1-1/4 stainless angle iron on my deflector. We didn't use the perforated material like on the Heavy D. I've only done one smoke and put hickory chips in it. I smoked for 4 hours at 275 degrees and the smoke flavor was...