Hopefully you fellow smokers can help me out with this problem. I give my wood plenty of time to catch and really get going before I close up the firebox and then leave the intake vent wide open. Well after all this the fire smolders out and white smoke galore! The only way I can keep the fire going properly is keeping the intake door open and then that kinda leads to temperature control issues. I tried to raise the grate to allow more air under the fire but that didn't work either. I also have a fire baskets and did just about every mod for the OKJ I just can't figure out this intake issue. No matter what I do it just will kill the fire and smolder. I even turned the smoker into the wind and that didn't help. It seems like the intake needs to be larger with control other than how much I close the side door to the firebox... Thank you guys for the help. I even looked into getting the perfect draft BBQ blower but that takes away the art of stick burning.
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