Much has been written regarding various methods of lighting the PBC. I have seen much less written about charcoal arrangement and am curious as to what you use and why.
I have pretty much just dumped the charcoal into the basket, removed about 30 to 40 coals to light in the PBC chimney, run 12 to 15 minutes and dump back over the remaining coals. Pretty much the recommended way as per the mfg.
Now, I am wondering about what happens if I were to remove only center coals, lighting them and attempting to dump all or most of them back into the hole to get a minion method going from the center outward.
For cooler cooks, say to smoke fish, I wonder about making a snake around the outside of the interior diameter of the basket and simply lighting one end of the snake similarly to using a snake in a kettle.
Now please don't say why don't you try it and let us know. I am a CPA and am in the middle of tax season. I don't have time to cook and its driving me nuts! But I have been wondering about this and would love to read your ideas.........especially if you have tried them and liked the outcome. So, what did you do, and how did it work out?
I have pretty much just dumped the charcoal into the basket, removed about 30 to 40 coals to light in the PBC chimney, run 12 to 15 minutes and dump back over the remaining coals. Pretty much the recommended way as per the mfg.
Now, I am wondering about what happens if I were to remove only center coals, lighting them and attempting to dump all or most of them back into the hole to get a minion method going from the center outward.
For cooler cooks, say to smoke fish, I wonder about making a snake around the outside of the interior diameter of the basket and simply lighting one end of the snake similarly to using a snake in a kettle.
Now please don't say why don't you try it and let us know. I am a CPA and am in the middle of tax season. I don't have time to cook and its driving me nuts! But I have been wondering about this and would love to read your ideas.........especially if you have tried them and liked the outcome. So, what did you do, and how did it work out?
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