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I built a vent for the top of the door on the fire box ,that's what it was missing, it allowed me to open up the bottom vent alow wing for a cleaner burn and allows the heat to run cooler
I did a little more research, (creeping on other people's builds) and came up with this. I stayed after work and quick whipped up a vent for the top of my fire box door, thinking it's what I needed
Also I was thinking I have the same expanded metal for the firebox, thinking maybe putting a piece of flat stock metalk down to keep the coals all together
I do have the maverick grate probe, haven't used it yet but will this weekend, thought the same thing,figured I better get one to be acurate. But I was going by thermometers on the door. I did do the boil test to see how accurate they were ,and we're spot on
So Cal I am lighting the fire in the box with a torch,no charcoal ,just straight seasoned cherry wood . I was just concerned about temp, and the fact I'm only using one quarter inch gap on one side of the fire box. The pit calculator called for two vent holes 3x9. It is what it is but just seems...
Lance that is the same size splits Im using ,just concerned because I have one side of the fire box totally closed off and the other side is only open a 1/4 inch, the vent holes are 2 per side 3x 4.5 . Just seems like it should have more open vents than it does . Also the fire size isn't very...
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