Tongs are always important as well as heat resistant gloves. When you say "charcoal starter", what do you mean? I would recommend a Weber Chimney for lighting your charcoal along with either lighter cubes or crumpled up newspaper sprayed with cooking oil. If you are using the minion method, use a compact chimney. I have both the regular and compact. You will probably also need aluminum foil. Also a instant read thermometer or a Maverick ET732 or equivalent. Enjoy the that PP.
What kind of wood will you be using?
Those are chips, you want chunks
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002Y0KA1S/tvwb-20
you can buy them locally.
This.....chunks for the WSM ^^^Those are chips, you want chunks
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002Y0KA1S/tvwb-20
you can buy them locally.
D'oh! Shows what I know. I'm surprised you can't use chips. I've got a ton of chips. Darnit!
You can they just put out a lot more smoke in a shorter time period. They just burn up pretty fast. So if you do use chips you should add smaller amounts more frequently so you get a longer smoking time.