PBC arrived Friday morning and I took it for a test, dry run yesterday. The temps in my PBC seemed to run a little on the high side from what I was expecting and never really leveled out. Wondering what I might want to try to get more consistency. Here is the graph with temps and below are the details.

- I followed the lighting instructions that come with the PBC. Filled up the holder, removed 40, lit, waited 15 minutes, scattered the lit across the top of the unlit. Put the lid on. The charcoal all burned out.
- Vent was set to 1/4
- I lifted the lid twice to see where the condition of the remaining charcoal. You can see one slight blip up around 12:00(and a comment in the notes) and a slight level toward the end where I cracked the lid 1/2" to see what would happen.
- Other than the two peeks, the lid was left on and I just let it run.
- I use Kingsford Professional. I know they recommend Original but I prefer the smells from the all natural briquets so I'm going to run with them if I can.
- Follow the same lighting instructions but start with fewer lit coals at the start, maybe 30. My thought is that would result in slightly lower running temps.
- While starting with 30, let the PBC sit with the lid off for 10 minutes at the start to let everything get rolling before I put the lid on(and eventually meat in
) so I don't get the temps continuing to march higher the first hour.
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