Couple ways to go about it, one being to not put water in the pan - just foil it or maybe use a little sand or a terra cotta saucer thingee. Also, rather than light from the corner in the cooker, get about 1/2 chimney lit, have yer other charcoal on the grate with the back left corner left open for the lit stuff, dump then lit stuff there, and then put the grate in the cooker. If you really want to use water (pain in the butt in my opinion) you can heat it up before putting in the pan. You will also get a hotter burn with lump charcoal, but it doesn't burn as evenly and predictably as briqs.
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