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Donnie Dawes - RNNL8 BBQ - Carrollton, KY
TWIN XLBGEs, 1-Beautiful wife, 1 XS Yorkie
I'm keeping serious from now on...no more joking around from me...Meatheads !!Comments
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I fill mine to the bottom of the firebox.Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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Most eggcellent cooks and glad you enjoyed Porkolopis-WRT the lump load deal...I believe that the load level comes with eggsperience. Given you can never load too much (as long as you can get adequate air-flow) then over time you will likely shorten it up on occasion. Why-once burned lump has been "cleaned" of VOC's, lights quicker and requires less handling to fire up the BGE. And if a known short cook time then "why wait?"Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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That 1st pic looks like it's filled to the top of the fire ring. That's a lot o' lump!I think most use the fire box as a guage.Sarasota, FL via Boynton Beach, FL, via Sarasota, FL, via Charleston, SC, via The Outer Banks, via God's Country (East TN on Ft. Loudon Lake)
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I think it really depends on what you are trying to cook. If I am just doin a simple raised direct I may fill to top of fire box. After all raised is supposed to get the food away from the direct heat. If I am doin a steak that will be reverse sear I will fill to the top like your pic and cook indirect for the first part of the cook and remove my woo and put the grid on the fire ring because I didn't have a spider to drop down low until I recently cut it loose of the woo. In short my lump levels change depending on what I am cooking-----------------------------------------analyze adapt overcome2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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I usually just fill the firebox unless I am doing a really long cook, then will load into the fire rings almost to where it would touch the plate setter.They/Them
Morgantown, PA
XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer - PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker -
Sorry I never got back to this thread. Maybe I misunderstood from my great teachers here in the forum. I thought I should always load to top of fire ring/bottom of PS. I always get good airflow by stirring unused lump before refilling on the next cook. Have never had a problem. Are there any disadvantages that anyone has found to Fillin' her to the top every time ???? Thanks for your feedback. Donnie
Donnie Dawes - RNNL8 BBQ - Carrollton, KY
TWIN XLBGEs, 1-Beautiful wife, 1 XS Yorkie
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Only time I fill all the way up is for a low and slow cook.Large - Mini - Blackstone 17", 28", 36"
Cumming, GA -
I always fill to the top of the firebox/ bottom of the fire ring, and I've never had a problem. I smoked a pork butt for 15 hours last weekend and still had enough lump left over for a full cook the next day. With a load of good lump up to the fire ring id estimate I could get about 20 hours at 250 in a LBGE.
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My regular loading level is just to the top of the firebox. The egg comes up to temp faster and I can burn long enough for most cooks, plus desserts. For pork butts and such where I'm shooting for 250°-275° for a long time, I fill it up close to the top of the firebox.Steven
Mini Max with Woo stone combo, LBGE, iGrill 2, Plate Setter,
two cotton pot holders to handle PS
Banner, Wyoming -
Seems like you'd burn a lot of lump unnecessarily loading that full. So, the downside is the cost of the lump that you don't 'have' to burn..
I put 2 - 2.5 lbs of lump into my "black egg" (KJ) and can get to 400 in 20 minutes - and have lump left over.
One good trick I came across is to use the 'Kick Ash Bucket' which winds up leaving a pretty big gap all the way around between the side of the metal and the firebox. That seems to increase airflow and also reduces the amount of lump I need to get a really good fire going.
2 - 2.5 lbs for me seems to be the magic amount. Pretty consistent results with that. (Believe it or not, I do weigh the lump - just until I get the hang of how full that really is..)
PS: This is for pizza, steaks, spatchcock..I do all smoking on my Cookshack.
Mini BGE, KJ Classic - Black, Cookshack SM025, Weber Gasser (mostly for Kamado storage!) -
I have never filled as far as your pic shows, and I have done 18 hour cooks and had lump left over. I guess it does not hurt though, what ever you have found works for you.XLBGE, Small BGE, Homebrew and GuitarsRochester, NY
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SmokyBear said:Seems like you'd burn a lot of lump unnecessarily loading that full. So, the downside is the cost of the lump that you don't 'have' to burn..
I put 2 - 2.5 lbs of lump into my "black egg" (KJ) and can get to 400 in 20 minutes - and have lump left over.
One good trick I came across is to use the 'Kick Ash Bucket' which winds up leaving a pretty big gap all the way around between the side of the metal and the firebox. That seems to increase airflow and also reduces the amount of lump I need to get a really good fire going.
2 - 2.5 lbs for me seems to be the magic amount. Pretty consistent results with that. (Believe it or not, I do weigh the lump - just until I get the hang of how full that really is..)
PS: This is for pizza, steaks, spatchcock..I do all smoking on my Cookshack. -
I only fill that much for a L+S (and not really even that much). However, the only downside I could think of is there have been times when I've made a mess of the inside of the egg during a cook and I really want to end the evening with an unplanned clean burn which I don't usually snuff, I just let them burn out. That much lump would be a waste and keep the egg at an unsafe temp for far too long.
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johnkitchens said:I fill mine to the bottom of the firebox.Sorry John, had to say it.Thank you,DarianGalveston Texas
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I've never filled past the top of the firebox.
I see no reason to put lump inside of the fire ring."I'm stupidest when I try to be funny"
New Orleans -
I usually dump some in before a cook. No idea how much. As for weighing it... )
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut -
How far do you guys fill for a clean burn? Top of the fire ring is what I understood. Please correct me if I misunderstood it. ThanksThe Gator Nation, Central FloridaLARGE & MINI Life is good...GO GATORS!!!
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Photo Egg said:johnkitchens said:I fill mine to the bottom of the firebox.Sorry John, had to say it.
Cooking with an empty egg :^o
)Steven
Mini Max with Woo stone combo, LBGE, iGrill 2, Plate Setter,
two cotton pot holders to handle PS
Banner, Wyoming -
Sixpack1 said:How far do you guys fill for a clean burn? Top of the fire ring is what I understood. Please correct me if I misunderstood it. Thanks
Top of the fire ring should certainly do it!! That's a lotta lump! I haven't done a clean burn in so long, I really don't remember how much I used. Might have been that much. It's no big deal though, just throw some in and let 'er rip.
Better yet, make some high hydration pizza dough and cook a 6-700* pizza. Rather than wasting lump cooking nothing.I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut
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