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Fire-building FAIL
Boileregger
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So, I know there is the debate between stacking and dumping. I'm I'm between - I dump for short cooks, but stack for long cooks. I usually pull out big pieces and save them to help with the stacking. When I went to do a pork butt yesterday, I had so many big pieces that I just stacked em all up and didn't put many medium or small on top at all, thinking lump is lump. About 11 hours in my temp started to drop, but didn't matter too much because the butt was 193 so I just pulled it. Examination of the fire box showed that the big pieces created so much ash it was killing the air flow. Going forward, I think I'll cut down on the number of big pieces I use. Hope somebody can learn from this experience.
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There ya go - forensic investigation reveals useful knowledge in lump loading configuration. I love science.
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Thanks for sharing as we can all learn from the journeys of others-hers's a link about lump loading that may be a bit excessive but in the interest of letting others know the options...
http://www.nakedwhiz.com/elder.htm regardless, the pork is great!
Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. -
What brand of charcoal were you using? Some brands have much more ash than others. I currently use Humphreys as my main charcoal and it is pretty good on ash creation. Wicked Good was also low on ash.
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Royal Oak. It's all I've ever used and never had an issue before.Shiff said:What brand of charcoal were you using?
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nolaegghead said:There ya go - forensic investigation reveals useful knowledge in lump loading configuration. I love science.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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Skiddymarker said:nolaegghead said:There ya go - forensic investigation reveals useful knowledge in lump loading configuration. I love science.
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I'd keep one or two extra or additional bags so you're assured of having smaller pieces.Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN
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nolaegghead said:Skiddymarker said:nolaegghead said:There ya go - forensic investigation reveals useful knowledge in lump loading configuration. I love science.I always appreciate your application of science. It definitely helps explain things better than this guy....You can be my Dr. Bunsen anytime!
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Try a hi Q grate with big pieces, which should allow more ash to fall through.
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