Hi all,
I'm new and I've had my Pbc for about a year now cooking everything from ribs to brisket. One thing I haven't been able to figure out regarding charcoal basket and heat management.
It seems for longer cooks, the coals closer to the bottom vent burn out and it burns in a line rather than all coals from top to bottom if that makes sense. For shorter cooks (maybe 5h) this doesn't matter, but if I'm cooking brisket, I lose heat unless I go in and rotate the basket say 90 degrees and get the more unlit coals some "direct" air.
I pack the basket as per directions, to the top, taking out about 35 of them and pour them evenly ish on top once lit in the chimney. Vent is open 1/4th as per my altitude.
Let me know if anyone else has this issue and if there's a trick to fixing it.
I'm new and I've had my Pbc for about a year now cooking everything from ribs to brisket. One thing I haven't been able to figure out regarding charcoal basket and heat management.
It seems for longer cooks, the coals closer to the bottom vent burn out and it burns in a line rather than all coals from top to bottom if that makes sense. For shorter cooks (maybe 5h) this doesn't matter, but if I'm cooking brisket, I lose heat unless I go in and rotate the basket say 90 degrees and get the more unlit coals some "direct" air.
I pack the basket as per directions, to the top, taking out about 35 of them and pour them evenly ish on top once lit in the chimney. Vent is open 1/4th as per my altitude.
Let me know if anyone else has this issue and if there's a trick to fixing it.
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