Thanks guys :D I'm happy with it as a first attempt but of course there's always room for improvement...
My findings were that...
it was juicy and tender. The smoke taste was a little on the strong side for my liking...on the skin anyways (I used oak fist sized chunks about 7 in total unsoaked). My wood gave off a very strong offensive white smoke until it had burned for a while? Temp kept dropping to 200F vents no longer helping and I realised I was running low on coals (weber briquettes) wasn't prepared but I just kept pushing the remaining hot coals over to the left closer to pit adding extra coals on the right sometimes using wood to ignite them as they weren't catching quick enough. It was really late and I hadn't got a clue what I was supposed to be doing so just tried to think logically about it and just hoped I was doing the right thing. Also noticed a lot of ash below the fire grate. Skin wasn't fully crispy felt a bit synthetic.
I started with 3/4
weber chimney full was that enough, should I have added more at the start or after a while?
How often should I have added the wood it seemed I used a lot by the end?
Should I soak the wood first?
Should I aim for a higher temp?
Should I switch to lump wood or modify fire box to avoid the ash problem?
These are the things I have been thinking about doing differently next time... but first if its not too much trouble I would love sone feedback/advice.
P.S there was very little wind during my whole smoking session.
P.P.S sorry for the essay and the late update had a very busy day again.
Thanks in advance
Charlotte
