pjtexas1
somebody shut me the fark up.
dumped a weber chimney full of unlit charcoal in my little GF last night. held a small torch to the bottom of the coals for 2 minutes. it had a sweet odor as i was hitting it with the torch. definitely no bad odors although there was some thick smoke for a few minutes. within 10 minutes the smoke from the top of the GF chute was clear. closed it up and 30 minutes later the smoke from the exhaust stack was clear and i was running about 215. with RO lump the smoke wasn't clear until around 300 and with my beloved HEB Grand Champion charcoal it was not clear until 275. its only been 1 use but i am impressed. ran the cooker at 275 ish for a couple of hours with my first tri-tip. the stack ran absolutely clear for 5 hours before i shut the intake. i did not have to dump the ashes but there were more than with lump but a lot less than my normal HEB charcoal. now i just need target to lower the price to 5.98 so i can buy more. definitely recommend you give it a try but not at $20 per bag.:crazy: