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  • Boccie
    Boccie Posts: 186
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    Tim M,[p]Amen to enlarging the hole. I have been wanting to grind that baby larger and sticking a larger door on there LOL
    I dont own a medium... is the door plates different sizes? hmmm maybe if I get mad enough :p[p]I have no idea why our small wont heat up all the way, and it taked much too long to even get it up to 400.[p]I keep my eggs clean, and from time to time I will even go in and vacuum around the outside of the firebox just to ensure it doesnt build up there... as it does over time.[p]I have the metal grate, and I have filled the small firebox up about 3/4 full. Even made sure I used large peices of lump for best airflow. I have had the fire burning nicely, with flames 2-3 inches.... and the dome not read over 400! The thermometer is calibrated ok.[p]This has us scratching our heads. Our large egg doesnt act like this at all LOL[p]I also look forward to the spring assist hinge... I would like a bit more access to the grill.

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  • Boccie
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    BlueSmoke,[p]I am the one that usually sets the egg up. I have tried using only large chunks, a regular mix of sizes, all new fresh lump, mixing used with new, lighting with MAPP in 4 or 5 locations rather than just 2 or 3.... nothing will get that darned dome temp up.[p]We will try the full fire box approach... but even that seems like it would be unecessary, I can peg the thermometer on the large with a small pile of lump - one would think the small is well... smaller! so it should heat up even better :p
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  • Boccie
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    nikkig,[p]"although he has never had real red beans and rice to compare them to"[p]What?!? did we use artificial beans or something? LOL[p]RhumAndJerk's recipe was a good one. But if you find a "real" red beans and rice recipe we'll try that too LOL
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  • Boccie
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    It seems loading the firebox to max capacity helps this problem out some. I have had the small burning for over 1/2 hour and only have 400 deg on it. So we'll do some more cooking with the full lump load.[p]I will add I think its strange the small needs a full load, and the large can max out on temp with a small load. You would think the small would have no issue at all climbing right up there. Just one of those things that make you go "hmmm?" :-)
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  • nikkig
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    Thanks everyone for the help. Tonight I did steaks, and was very pleased. I filled the firebox up FULL, and 20 minutes later the temp was up to 600. Like hubby says, I would think since it is smaller, a small load of lump would do. On the large, we get turbo temps without filling it up all the way. Guess things don't quite work that way. [p]~nikki

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  • RRP
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    nikkig,
    the only reason I suggested the full box is there were times before that I was finding a lesser load had already piqued and was on the downside temp wise. Well if nothing else since you saw 600 tonight you may soon be a believer - afterall there are a lot of us out here who believe in the capabilities of the small when it comes to nuke temps!
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