As I have said before I use Kathryn's method of lighting and use PCB method of cooking and the only thing I am not happy with is ribs but I'm working on that.
That's funny, I feel the same way! Got another rack of STL ribs to test with this weekend. This time, cutting the rack in half, damp down the vent just a tiny bit more (been hovering around 290 lately, hotter than I'd like).
My 2 cents would be to follow Kathryn's advice on lighting, but make sure you don't go over her allotted times. My last cook was some smoked nuts, corn, and tri-tip. Something came up with the kiddo and I went about 5 minutes over with the middle step (lit coals, no lid) and my temps ran in the 310-330's most of the short cook before I finally plugged the rebar holes with some foil, but by then the meat was mostly cooked.
I'm slowly jumping on the "lighting technique > vents/lid/rebar" bandwagon.
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