How Much Kingsford in my Fire Box?

[solar]

Not sure if I'm in the right forum, butt here it goes.

I'm going to be firing up my SnP for the first time tomorrow, and was wondering how much Kingsford should I put in my fire box?

I've done a bunch of upgrades to it and will be doing a "dry run" to see how hard/easy it is to control the temps. I was told to put a half (2lbs) of unlit charcoal from a charcoal starter into the fire box, then cover the unlit charcoal with a full lit charcoal starter contents (4lbs).

Any suggestions?

Happy Smoking, Solar

 

[low&slow]

Thats exactly how I did it when I used Kingsford in my SNP.
Then add about 8-10 fresh bricketts every hour or so (right on top of the lit ones) to maintain temp.

 

[flip]

Ahh, here it is.

Want to try the minion method?

Two coffee cans with no bottoms/tops. One in your fire box and one to light with. Fill your fire box about four deep around the first coffee can (depending on how big your box is. some use one chimney of unlit). Take your second coffee can and fill with unlit (usually about 10-15) and light. Weber chimney starters or a torch of some kind work good. Transfer this lit to the first coffee can and pull out the coffee can. You should now have a large circle with the unlit surrounding a small center of lit. Monitor temps for four to six hours. You now have an idea of what happens to your SnP as time goes on.

Keep in mind that wind and outside temps will be factors in final temp of your grill/smoker.

Any questions? Bueller? Bueller?

 

[solar]

low & slow, thanks for the reply, I think I'll do this for my first time.

flip, minion method eh? Sounds like a good idea, since there's no such thing as coffee cans anymore, (lol) I'm guessing a cheap modified (remove the bottom) charcoal/chimney starter would work just as well? I see the idea of having hot coals in the center slowly igniting the cold coals on the outside perimeter; am I correct on this? It's pretty much mid to upper 80's and above here in Florida right now, so I don't see a problem with the weather affecting my temps; but I guess I could be wrong?