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Baby Back Ribs

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klg1000
klg1000 Posts: 4
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When cooking ribs over the weekend my fire basically burned out after 4 hours.  I felt like i had enough charcoal at the beginning.  Any thoughts on what i did wrong??
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  • robnybbq
    robnybbq Posts: 1,911
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    what temp?  How much lump in the Egg?  Calibrated dome thermo?

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  • klg1000
    klg1000 Posts: 4
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    Temp was 225-250; enough lump to cover the bottom
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  • robnybbq
    robnybbq Posts: 1,911
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    fill up the firebox to the fire ring.   at 250 I can have my large Egg burn for 24+ hours.

    If the ribs are done you can shut it down and still reuse all the lump leftover on your next cook.

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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
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    Not enough lump.  Fill it all the way up to the fire ring.

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  • klg1000
    klg1000 Posts: 4
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    Thanks.  Sounds like I did not use enough lump
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
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    GATraveller said:
    Not enough lump.  Fill it all the way up to the fire ring.
    Bingo - without a doubt!
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,482
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    Better to load it up.  You can always use the rest latter on another cook.
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,729
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    Did you stir the lump. I have had too much ash blocking up the coal even though I scraped the ash out the door before a cook. I always stir my old coal now. 

    Probably just too little lump, but this is a problem for some people.
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  • klg1000
    klg1000 Posts: 4
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    No that was not the issue.  Unfortunately I did not use enough lump.
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