<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Rob:
I only lit 12 charcoals this time and the minion method worked extremely well this cook... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Glad it worked out Rob!
I change the number I use based on the amount of meat I'm cooking. A small cook like 3 racks of baby backs only seems to need 10 to 12 like you did. If I'm cooking 30 pounds of pork butts, I'll bump it up to around 25 lit to start.
It's all part of the art.
JimT