If is cook and taste good then yes you are doing it right!
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Fill your baskets completely full every time and close the vents at the end of each cook. Knock the ashes off and use a Bernzomatic torch to light the leftover charcoals and then add fresh on top. Rinse, repeat. I usually have 3 ‘courses’ of briquettes in my baskets. The very bottom is 7/8”-1-1/8”, the next layer is 1-1/4”+, and then the fresh on top. Each cook session I need to add between 8-10 fresh briquettes per basket (16-20 total) unless I cooked something that takes longer an hour or so. I also have a second charcoal grate installed perpendicular to the first. I never have large chunks in the ash catcher.
Get a 6” adapter hose to connect a torch head to a standard 20# propane tank. It takes 5-10 minutes to light the briquettes and then let them come up to temp. The propane tank will last well over a year before you need to refill.
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If is cook and taste good then yes you are doing it right!
Fill your baskets completely full every time and close the vents at the end of each cook. Knock the ashes off and use a Bernzomatic torch to light the leftover charcoals and then add fresh on top. Rinse, repeat. I usually have 3 ‘courses’ of briquettes in my baskets. The very bottom is 7/8”-1-1/8”, the next layer is 1-1/4”+, and then the fresh on top. Each cook session I need to add between 8-10 fresh briquettes per basket (16-20 total) unless I cooked something that takes longer an hour or so. I also have a second charcoal grate installed perpendicular to the first. I never have large chunks in the ash catcher.
Get a 6” adapter hose to connect a torch head to a standard 20# propane tank. It takes 5-10 minutes to light the briquettes and then let them come up to temp. The propane tank will last well over a year before you need to refill.