Maintaining fire

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Having some problems keeping a good hot fire in my large BGE.In the course of doing a three hour cook of anything,I've been having to add more charcoal.The book says one inch above the the fire box holes.Is it that I'm not using enough?Appreciate any info.Thanks

Fireball

DirkR,
What is "hot" ? Put in more lump. For Low and slows you can go up to the top of the fire ring. For "hot" fires you should use more lump than you are and use larger pieces.
Fireball

JJ

DirkR,
FIRST, forget the book. Look to this forum for correst info.
Second load your EGG to the top of the fire box. I just dump in what I have, This will give you more than 20 hours of low and slo and about 6 hrs or more of high temps.

Tim M

<p />DirkR,[p]You can not put in too much and what does not burn this cook will be there on the next so don't skimp. Always add some fresh lump each time too. [p]Here is a picture I added on my site to help show you what a minimum amout looks like. This is a minimum for any cook and you would add twice this for a long 20+ hr cook.[p]Tim

Nature Boy

Hey Tim,
Is that a twinky, or a granola bar in the center of your lump pile??

Wise One

Nature Boy, I think it's one of those high energy granola bars. So high energy in fact that if you light it it will actually burn. I estimate that if eaten, it should provide 1000 calories which burns off in 63.7 seconds. The IOC says they plan to test for it at the next Olympics.

Tim M

Wise One,[p]Nature Boy should recognize a chunk of fireplace log since he uses that stuff. It's an old picture from when I did use that. Now it use the Webber fire cubes.[p]Tim

Nature Boy

Tim M,
Yeah, I use that stuff....it works great, and is made of the same stuff those weber cubes are (paraffin wax and sawdust). I use about 1/8 of what you show in your picture though!
Cheers, twinky boy.
NB

Tim M

Nature Boy,[p]Actually, the Webber cubes are some sort of wax but no sawdust as a binder. The advantage is that they burn cleaner and they start the fires better from under the grate, which is how I start mine if going over 300 deg. I agree, you don't need that much of the fireplace log to get the fire started. [p]Tim