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  • Dewesq55
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    Personally, I like the extra space. It gives the ash some room to accumulate without restricting air flow. Especially since my pit doesn't have a way to remove the ash during a cook.

  • scottranda
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    Yep! All wood! That’ll be me too!

  • Dewesq55
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    To be clear, although it's a charcoal basket, the pics are from an all wood cook where I attempted, more or less successfully, to control cook chamber temps by burning a small hot fire in the firebox with all dampers wide open.
    Last edited by Dewesq55; December 30, 2019, 05:14 PM.

  • scottranda
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    Thanks! The guy did give me a charcoal basket. I may try that to help contain the coal bed of wood.

  • Steve B
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    Interesting technique. I like it.

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    Live streaming setup
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  • Steve B
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    Next cook turn the fire box grate upside down. That will get you an inch or so closer to the bottom of the fire box.
    The other thing I see is that the wood may be too dry. Meaning it may be burning too fast not allowing it to form a good bed.
    Otherwise everything looks just fine.

    Keep the pics coming.

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  • Dewesq55
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    On the original question, I notice you don't have a charcoal basket in your firebox so what I'm about to suggest might take a little ingenuity. I take an old unused grate and prop it up inside my charcoal basket on an angle, so it makes a steep ramp which is quite narrow on the bottom when I start the fire, and then when I add new splits, the coals drop down there ramp and collect in the narrowed space and maintain a good coal bed for igniting the new splits. In your situation, I would try to find something that I could stick in the fire box that would block off an area where the coals couldn't wander out of, but still allowed good air flow/circulation. Maybe even a few bricks. Or maybe you could do something similar to what I do by leaning a grate against the back of the firebox and the other end resting, or secured around the middle, or front third, of your fire grate.

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  • Michael_in_TX
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    That ThermaQ is a Smoke mixed with a Thermapen. Nifty!

  • scottranda
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    6 hours later, this is the coal bed. The grate is set maybe 5 inches above the floor of the firebox. I think it’s too far. What do you say?

    the unburned wood is just preheating. You can ignore that.
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  • scottranda
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    Kinda like watching paint dry.

  • scottranda
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    If anyone is interested...

    LIVE on #Periscope: Bbq temp monitoring



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  • Dan Deter
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    Shouldn't think so.

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  • scottranda
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    Is it a problem? For me, not the ants haha

  • Dan Deter
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    I'm sure the ants were living in then wood. Good luck with the rest of the cook!

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