Fire Box

Hello All,

I am new to the group and new to smoking in general, I have just picked up a Char-Griller and am just loving it.

Now I am starting to try my fire box, how is the best way to clean the ash out while you are burning the charcoal?

When I was seasoning it I noticed the ash build up under the charcoal, which this would cause air not to flow under the hot coal. I am not sure if I am even putting the charcoal grate in correctly in the fire box.

I have the grate in the box with the sides of the grate pointing up, is this correct or do they need to point down? If they point down this would give them a higher shelf to sit on, but if you go to pull the coal tray out they would all fall over the place.

If someone could help me out that would be great. I do plan on burning lump when I can, I do remember when I used it in my kettle it produced very little ash, so this might be another option.

Thank for the help.

Thanks for the info.

Yes, the fire box has a shelf that slides out but the charcoal grate also sits inside of it. So when you pull the ash pan out you get everything including the charcoal grate.

Later this evening I will post some photo's of the box like I have it setup, this will help a lot.

Char-
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(aka Rob K.)