bob1961
Smoking Fanatic
I only use royle oak lump for heat, then small chunks of what ever wood for smoke/bark....my basket for the fire box holds 10lbs of lump....
I have bout the same height off the FB floor for ashes, but I only get bout 2" of ash when I smoke for 12 hours....my CC door has small puffs of smoke coming from it when I'm smoking....I use the top intake vent for more heat across the top of the coals not from the bottom, I've never had my bottom intake open more then half way ever....I can run temps as low as 220 to 350 depending what I'm cooking, exhaust stack is always wide open and I only use intake for heat temp control....
I have bout the same height off the FB floor for ashes, but I only get bout 2" of ash when I smoke for 12 hours....my CC door has small puffs of smoke coming from it when I'm smoking....I use the top intake vent for more heat across the top of the coals not from the bottom, I've never had my bottom intake open more then half way ever....I can run temps as low as 220 to 350 depending what I'm cooking, exhaust stack is always wide open and I only use intake for heat temp control....