What are you cooking on? What ever it is, there are people here who can give you advice. On my kettles, if I catch the temp I want on the way up, I get a clean burn. If the vents are choked down to lower the temp or because too much charcoal is started, problems can occur.Im starting to believe im just not a charcoal fan. :tsk: I've tried all sorts of different charcoal and im not loving it. I miss my klose.
And im cooking on a backwoods 3400. I had a tiny custom klose. It was good but to heavy when i moved. Then I had a tiny wsm but I was always running it hot and got rid of it. The chubby will hold temp but like I said it's hard to tell if it's a clean fire with the water pan.
pjtexas1 do you run the wood under the charcoal or on top. I've been using the knuckle sized chunks.
It's a little bitter. I was just thinking. I can only leave one of the intakes open due to wind. It's always windy where im located.