Jackal3269
Found some matches.
Not new to cooking with an offset. Have cooked on a old country wrangler for 5 years now. Just received my Lang 48 patio on Easter. Follow the instructions on seasoning and send good till I closed the firebox door. I have ran several practice cooks and 1 actual cook. Seems like there is nothing I can do to keep my fire burning with the door closed. Both dampers are 100% open as well as the stack damper. I have bought wood from 3 different places and still no luck. My splits are about the size of a beer can and I keep the on the firebox to preheat. I start off with about 2 chimineys of charcoal and 5 splits. Let this all burn to coals and then add another stick. With the door open the wood burns perfectly as it should but as soon as the door is shut it starts smuldering bad. Only thing I can think of is that they are now placing expanded metal on the firebox dampers to keep coals from falling out. This may be causing a restriction to air flow. Any help would be appreciated.