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Roo-B-Q'N
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OK you Spicewine brothers, I need some help, insight, suggestions you got it throw it my way.
I am having a heck of time getting my large spice to settle into a sustainable temperature. Here is what is going on right now.
This morning, I placed 20# oc Kingsford onto the grate in the firebox and spread them around. Using a weedburner I lit the right side of the charcoal and pushed in the trays. I am running without water.
I placed a nu-temp probe into the box via the potato mod. The door themometer and the nu-temp have been running 40 degrees or better different, the firbox themometer has gone from buried above 500 to holding at 275.
Just now all three thermometers were within 10 degrees of each other unfortunetly that was 190*. Upon looking I have used up half the charcoal.
In order to attempt to maintain temps Char (who is cooking today) has had to close down all vents until the temps came into line. She is now running with the stacks open three or four turns and the bottom vents 1/2 in the hopes it will come back up to 225*
So what am I telling her that is wrong that is making this cook so difficult? How should I approach firing up and then warming up the cooking chamber? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Our first comp with this is tomorrow and I don't want to have our heads handed to us cause I can't control temps.
I am having a heck of time getting my large spice to settle into a sustainable temperature. Here is what is going on right now.
This morning, I placed 20# oc Kingsford onto the grate in the firebox and spread them around. Using a weedburner I lit the right side of the charcoal and pushed in the trays. I am running without water.
I placed a nu-temp probe into the box via the potato mod. The door themometer and the nu-temp have been running 40 degrees or better different, the firbox themometer has gone from buried above 500 to holding at 275.
Just now all three thermometers were within 10 degrees of each other unfortunetly that was 190*. Upon looking I have used up half the charcoal.
In order to attempt to maintain temps Char (who is cooking today) has had to close down all vents until the temps came into line. She is now running with the stacks open three or four turns and the bottom vents 1/2 in the hopes it will come back up to 225*
So what am I telling her that is wrong that is making this cook so difficult? How should I approach firing up and then warming up the cooking chamber? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Our first comp with this is tomorrow and I don't want to have our heads handed to us cause I can't control temps.