Lockon
Full Fledged Farker
I have a Char-Griller that I did some mods to (extended the smoke stack to grate level, turned the pan upside down as a quasi heat deflector, modified the offset fuel chamber with a raised grate, etc). I currently get things going with lump coal and then add chunks of wood (the bag stuff from Lowes, ie, Hickory, Apple, etc chunks). I continue to add chunks as the main fuel source for the first couple of hours during a smoke (ribs or brisket), then I tend to just add more lump to try and maintain my temps. Am I doing this wrong, or is what I am doing okay? This winter I am going to cut some trees on my property so I can have "splits" to cook with, but I am no tree expert and trying to figure out what type of trees I have might prove difficult. I am pretty sure most of my trees are oak and hickory.