JBurn244
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- Joined
- Sep 22, 2014
- Location
- Liberty, MO
JBurn, are you lighting your coals with lighter fluid or a chimney? If you are using a chimney you DON'T need to leave the lid off for any time frame once you dump the hot coals over the unlit coals. Just dump and put the lid back on.
Also, if you are gonna leave the lid off to check several meats, cover your intake with a leather glove or something similar, take the lid off and check your meat, them put the lid back on and wait about 5-10 minutes and the temp should not run up on you like that. I've never had mine hit 350 after checking meat but it has gone to about 320. That's when I started the glove trick. Hasn't passed 300 on me since then and the temp will drop back down pretty quick.
I did lighter fluid both times. So the time burning with the lid really effects things.
Great trick with the glove. I'll have to try that.