Charcoal burning too fast

bcc73186

I am having an issue with my charcoal burning up to fast. I am doing a Turbo butt. 350 Degrees. I started it at 1:30 and just checked and my heat had started to drop to 290 Degrees. I pulled the butt and put it in the oven while I reloaded the Medium Egg with Charcoal. Just put it back on and got my heat back to 350. My question is why am I using so much charcoal so fast. When slow cooking, how far open should I have the bottom vent and top vent open. Earlier I had the bottom vent wide open and the top vent open with the wholes showing. Is this the reason I'm burning so much charcoal so fast. Please any help would be great. Thanks.

lkapigian

How much are you loading in, load it to the top of the fire ring and let it go

jcaspary

The more the vents are open the higher the higher the temperatures that you will achieve. More air also means burning more lump. You have been cooking for almost 4 hours now and you used some lump to get to temp. I don't cook a lot on a medium by that seems pretty close depending on how high you filled it up. What lump do you use?

Cm23

What brand?

bcc73186

I have been using Green Egg Brand as well as Nature Glo, which is made by Royal oak. I think that my problem may have been that I didn't fill it as high as I should have....I only filled it up to the bottom of the fire ring instead of the top of the ring. When you guys reach the temp you desire, do you close the vents more or leave them where they are???

Cm23

If will start closing the vent on the ramp up to get leveled out at the desired temp

lkapigian

At that temp, take the daisy off of the top, just use the bottom vent, wide open would make it an inferno. Have you ever removed the fire box and cleaned ? Is your thermometer calibrated?

bud812

Fill to almost the top of the fire ring, as long as the platesetter will fit you as good to go. I Close the vents down to about 1/2 inch on the bottom and the top just barely open about 1/8 inch. But I have a large so the med will be a little different. You just need enough air to hold the temp you want.

Carolina Q

1) You have a medium egg which doesn't hold a lot of lump.

2) you're burning a fairly hot (350*) fire

3) you're burning RO-made lump (both brands you mentioned) which burns fairly fast

4) 350 is 350 and will burn the same amount of lump whether you open the top more and the bottom less, or the reverse.

5) add more lump (if there's room to) next time.

bcc73186

Thanks everyone. I have only been filling the grill up to the bottom of the fire ring. I have noticed people say that they fill it to close to the top of the fire ring. In the instructions for the Egg it said fill to just below the fire ring but by looking at other peoples post they fill with much more lump to burn longer periods of time. Thanks for all the help

NPHuskerFL

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