Eric Aarseth
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by C. Moore:
Thanks for everyone's advice. Eric, when you say a 20 coal start, are you referring to 20 Kingsford briquettes? That really does not seem like much. I usually start with a full chimney of lit Kingsford and pour it "minion style" over a mixture of mostly Royal Oak lump and some more Kingsford. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
If you read about the minion method in the Operaring Tips & Mods, the suggesting there is to start with anywhere from 20 to 60 Kingsford briqs. Because my WSM leaks like a seive (air) I have to shut my bottoms vents almost completely. As I write this, it is 7 degrees outside and dropping, slight breeze, minion method and I started with 20 lit Kingsford and my vents are open about 5%. I running 260 at the grate. When I have started with as many as 60 briqs my temps shoot up too fast.
I"m convinced with how this cook is going to do the work Bryan S did to get my WSM more in round (better seals) and work on the door.
EDIT: 8AM; the cook is on its 12th hour. The temps (at the top grate) right now are 227 deg F and outside temp is minus 3 deg F. Went to bed with the temp at about 253 F and bottom vents closed completely. At 5:30 am (9.5 hour point) temps down to 212 F. I opened the bottom vents to 1/3 open, tapped the legs and also open the door for a few seconds to give the fire a quick shot of air. Within 30 min temps were back up to about 245 F and since have been slowing coming down.
C. Moore - I'm probably giving you way too much detail for your question. I just wanted to give a real time example that the cold (W/O WIND) does not have an appreciable affect on how much fuel is burned. Unless your recent cook was an aberration, try Bryan S's tricks/tips on getting more air to your fire to keep the temps up. You might also want to check out this thread on High Temp Brisket. There is several tips buried in that discussion about how to get and keep temps up in the WSM. If you read it, you will read that many start with the minion method.
Well I hope my butts can jump up a quick 10 degrees to 180 so I can pull, foil and rest. The slopes are calling and my mini-Bode Millers are chompin' on the bit.
Go Tarheels, crush Duke!
Thanks for everyone's advice. Eric, when you say a 20 coal start, are you referring to 20 Kingsford briquettes? That really does not seem like much. I usually start with a full chimney of lit Kingsford and pour it "minion style" over a mixture of mostly Royal Oak lump and some more Kingsford. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
If you read about the minion method in the Operaring Tips & Mods, the suggesting there is to start with anywhere from 20 to 60 Kingsford briqs. Because my WSM leaks like a seive (air) I have to shut my bottoms vents almost completely. As I write this, it is 7 degrees outside and dropping, slight breeze, minion method and I started with 20 lit Kingsford and my vents are open about 5%. I running 260 at the grate. When I have started with as many as 60 briqs my temps shoot up too fast.
I"m convinced with how this cook is going to do the work Bryan S did to get my WSM more in round (better seals) and work on the door.
EDIT: 8AM; the cook is on its 12th hour. The temps (at the top grate) right now are 227 deg F and outside temp is minus 3 deg F. Went to bed with the temp at about 253 F and bottom vents closed completely. At 5:30 am (9.5 hour point) temps down to 212 F. I opened the bottom vents to 1/3 open, tapped the legs and also open the door for a few seconds to give the fire a quick shot of air. Within 30 min temps were back up to about 245 F and since have been slowing coming down.
C. Moore - I'm probably giving you way too much detail for your question. I just wanted to give a real time example that the cold (W/O WIND) does not have an appreciable affect on how much fuel is burned. Unless your recent cook was an aberration, try Bryan S's tricks/tips on getting more air to your fire to keep the temps up. You might also want to check out this thread on High Temp Brisket. There is several tips buried in that discussion about how to get and keep temps up in the WSM. If you read it, you will read that many start with the minion method.
Well I hope my butts can jump up a quick 10 degrees to 180 so I can pull, foil and rest. The slopes are calling and my mini-Bode Millers are chompin' on the bit.
Go Tarheels, crush Duke!