<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">You may be choking temps down because your intial chimney dump didn't get hot enough. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Or, conversely, that the chimney is left too long before pouring and much in the way of available BTUs has been blown through. I am not a new Kingsford fan. It seems to me that in my experiences with it (admittedly not all that many), that when left in the chimney to the 'completely ashed-over' stage (judging by the briquettes on the top of the chimney
), much of the heat potential of the bottom half's worth of the briquettes has been played out--the oomph is gone when poured.
On the few occasions where I am not Minioning the start--and I'm using K'ford--I find I get better results by lighting two half-chimneys at the same time. I guess YMMV, but that's been my (again, admittedly limited) experience, and my solution.