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2nd cook on my IVC today and had some odd things take place and hoping to gain some insight from the experience here.
After my first cook using kingsford I noticed not all the charcoal or hickory blocks burned thru during the first cook. The hickory was charred pretty good but not all burnt complete. I had the S Plates installed and for most part it followed around the channel as designed. Since I had some charcoal left, over half, I just left in the tray and figured I would use in my second cook. Do this all the time with lump coal in my Egg. I have a BBQ GURU but did not use the fan on the first cook.
Today I loaded up charcoal into the basket to fill it back up. As mentioned I still had over half of the charcoal remaining from last cook and just left it in place. Today I did use the 25CFM fan. When I finished the cook I opened the bottom tray to see how even the burn was and to see if it followed the snake around and was surprised to see even more unburied charcoal in the first 1/3rd than I observed during the first cook. Each briquet burned but not complete. About 1/3 of the center remained. Same with the hickory. Charred but not burned complete. Also noticed the burn had travelled completely around the snake. The top coals were not really burning though. It appears the bottom coals burned pretty good and worked its way around burning the bottom coals first and not completely burning the top coals. I was able to maintain temp but the way the coals burned has me a little stumped.
I am thinking the hickory chunks placed on top did not fully burn because the charcoal on the surface never really ignited?
Is it possible what I am seeing it due to leaving the coals in the pit since last cook a week and a half ago? Effected by humidity or moisture somehow? I cleaned out the water from the last cook so no water was left in the pit. And that Does not really explain why they did not burn completely during first cook.
Any thoughts?
After my first cook using kingsford I noticed not all the charcoal or hickory blocks burned thru during the first cook. The hickory was charred pretty good but not all burnt complete. I had the S Plates installed and for most part it followed around the channel as designed. Since I had some charcoal left, over half, I just left in the tray and figured I would use in my second cook. Do this all the time with lump coal in my Egg. I have a BBQ GURU but did not use the fan on the first cook.
Today I loaded up charcoal into the basket to fill it back up. As mentioned I still had over half of the charcoal remaining from last cook and just left it in place. Today I did use the 25CFM fan. When I finished the cook I opened the bottom tray to see how even the burn was and to see if it followed the snake around and was surprised to see even more unburied charcoal in the first 1/3rd than I observed during the first cook. Each briquet burned but not complete. About 1/3 of the center remained. Same with the hickory. Charred but not burned complete. Also noticed the burn had travelled completely around the snake. The top coals were not really burning though. It appears the bottom coals burned pretty good and worked its way around burning the bottom coals first and not completely burning the top coals. I was able to maintain temp but the way the coals burned has me a little stumped.
I am thinking the hickory chunks placed on top did not fully burn because the charcoal on the surface never really ignited?
Is it possible what I am seeing it due to leaving the coals in the pit since last cook a week and a half ago? Effected by humidity or moisture somehow? I cleaned out the water from the last cook so no water was left in the pit. And that Does not really explain why they did not burn completely during first cook.
Any thoughts?