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I put it in a bucket and dump it on top of fresh lump...too good to waste.
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i stir it up to get the ashes through the holes, then dump new lump on top... unless there is a lot left, i just stir it up and light it.
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This +1.i stir it up to get the ashes through the holes, then dump new lump on top... unless there is a lot left, i just stir it up and light it.
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stevesails
how do you light it and how long does it usually take to get up to 350-400 when using all used charcoal
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Buy a turbo grate from BBQ Guru and just give it a quick stir and tap on hte bottom, sometimes you don't need to even do that.
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I always cook on burned lump. In fact, almost every cook. After I shut down, I leave what is in there. Next cook, I open, stir to get the ash to fall to the bottom, and start a new Weber Chimney filled to the top. After 8-10 minutes, when flames are coming out the top, I dump the chimney of coals on top of the other coals, stir gently, and bring up to temp. The used coals take a little more to light, but the new lump on top gets them going almost instantly. I use my Egg 4-5 times a week, and I go through 1/4 of the coal I went through with my Weber....or maybe less.Athens, GA
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Ditto, works everytime!i stir it up to get the ashes through the holes, then dump new lump on top... unless there is a lot left, i just stir it up and light it.
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Every single cook I've done, I dump the new lump on top of the old lump (except for the very first cook I did, that one was all new lump).Packerland, Wisconsin
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i stir it up to get the ashes through the holes, then dump new lump on top... unless there is a lot left, i just stir it up and light it.
Steve Van Wert, Ohio XL BGE -
stevesails
how do you light it and how long does it usually take to get up to 350-400 when using all used charcoal
Steve Van Wert, Ohio XL BGE -
Is it worth another stir dump and light vote +1!_______________________________________________XLBGE
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Use it for the next cooks. I am a lump miser, as soon as I am finished cooking the daisy wheel goes on the grate and egg gets shut down.Large, small and mini now Egging in Rowlett Tx
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i use a weed burner from harbor freight to light my egg. it is the BEST! as soon as I am done cooking I put on the rain cap and close the bottom vent, and put the DMFT inside the egg. ( I rarely use it) only for cooks under 350.
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Generally I leave the lump well enough alone if I can see good air flow to the bottom - will use chimney starter 1/2 full, light, let get going good and dump over top old lump. Sometimes I can do this for up to 4 cooks. Then I will clean out , throw some larger peices on the bottom and then top up with old lump and use fire starters to light and do it all over again
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I do the stir/put new lump on top but every once in a while, I'll take the lump out and put it in a bucket, take out the fire ring and firebox, and clean out the ash. I then put back the lump and add new lump as necessary.
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About once a month I take the fire ring and box out and vacuum out everything. I've heard others say they never take theirs apart and just rake or vacuum under the grate.
Does that much ash accumulate through the holes on the side of the fire box?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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