[ButtBurner]

just a little background on this

at my cabin I have a wood burning stove I use to heat it with in the winter

before I light it, I have to pre heat the flue by burning a few sheets of newspaper to get the flue hot and the draft going up the chimney

if I don't, and just light a fire, sometimes the smoke will back up into the stove and not go anywhere

the same principle applies to my smoker.

I need to preheat the chimney (and the entire pit for that matter) so it set up the draft out the chimney and flows properly

ask Jbounds about that ;)