Hinds15
Full Fledged Farker
Did my first cook on the brazos yesterday which was a brisket. Lit a full chimney of lump for initial start up and put a split on top of that. Everything was going great for about the 1st 3 or 4 hours thin blue smoke that entire time but then I looked out the window and saw thick white smoke. Opened the firebox door and the wood split I put on was smoldering and not flaming up like the others that were on. So I figure leaving the door open for a few it would reignite but that didn't work so I lit another chimney of lump about 3/4 full and that got me back rolling good smoke. 2 to 3 hours later same issue.
I'm thinking it's 1 or 2 things. The charcoal grate that the brazos comes with doesn't seem to let ash fall freely plus I was using a oklahoma joe fire basket. I'm thinking the coals may have been sitting in to much ash and was snuffing them out. Any tips or tricks I'm all ears for on how you guys keep a good bed of coals? Also I used the open door technique to control the temps (still have to play with this because it can dictate where your hotpot is or how even the chamber is it seems).
I'm thinking it's 1 or 2 things. The charcoal grate that the brazos comes with doesn't seem to let ash fall freely plus I was using a oklahoma joe fire basket. I'm thinking the coals may have been sitting in to much ash and was snuffing them out. Any tips or tricks I'm all ears for on how you guys keep a good bed of coals? Also I used the open door technique to control the temps (still have to play with this because it can dictate where your hotpot is or how even the chamber is it seems).