sthamm
Full Fledged Farker
"Fixed it by enlarging the air intake" ..... how in the world did you do that? :-D
Perhaps you are just opening the intake all the way?
My LSG vertical offset drafts like crazy. This is the first I have heard of an intake issue with any of the lSG smokers.
Literally, I cut the intake and replaced the intake door with a wider one. Now I have no issues cooking with the firebox door closed and all vents open maintaining temp with a small fire. Before doing this, I had to cook with the firebox door open. I don't doubt your vertical offset drafts properly. Mine is a horizontal offset and a small one at 24x36. I have to burn a very small fire to maintain low enough temps...problem is, the smaller fire is harder to maintain with a small coal base. Before the fix, as soon as I closed the firebox door (all vents wide open), the fire would smolder. And yes...I used well aged wood (2 years aged post oak split to even smaller than coke sized diameter and about 6" long) and prewarmed splits by actually placing them inside the firebox off to the side of the fire.