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    So after reading this forum on the sly, my wife bought me a Char Broil American Gourmet (at the sugg

    Thanks guys-- and I did get aggravated and use a shop vac the second time I used it.  I guess there's really not much of a better way! One thing I did like about the ECB is all I had to due was wait a day and then dump the charcoal pan into a trash bag, fish the charcoal grate back out, and I...
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    So after reading this forum on the sly, my wife bought me a Char Broil American Gourmet (at the sugg

    I had been using an ECB for the past year or so and though I have not posted here much I learned quite a bit, and had sevearl successful smokes using the mods here and the Minion method.  I also grilled with the ECB a LOT, and had no problems. Got the Char Broil put together and have not smoked...
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    ECB- Did the mods, still won't stay hot enough. Now what?

    Thanks Steve, it's not the gourmet, just the $39.99 at Walmart black thing.  With the grate there's about an inch underneath the coals and the 8 holes per side I drilled are both above and below the grate, so I'd think air is getting in there Ok.  What I can't figure out from the mod photos I've...
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    ECB- Did the mods, still won't stay hot enough. Now what?

    Ah sorry, I should have said.  I've done it two ways-- dumping one chimney full of white coals into the pan and then adding another as I've seen on videos, and starting about 4 lbs in the charcoal pan at the same time I started a chimmey full, and then just combined them when the chimney was...
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    ECB- Did the mods, still won't stay hot enough. Now what?

    Hello-- I bought an ECB several weeks ago.  So far I have: 1.  Moved the legs to the outside and set the charcoal pan on pavers (4" off the ground, roughly the same as when using the pan inside with the legs as brackets.) 2.  Drilled air holes in both sides of the charcoal pan. 3.  Put a 14"...
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