Do you add unlit and lit charcoal with minion method and long cooking sessions?

[Guest]

I read the following paragraph describing the minion method on this web site:
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Depending on weather conditions, it may be necessary to add fuel after 12 hours of cooking. It's best to pre-light a small amount of charcoal and add it to the cooker, since the remaining hot coals may be too weak to ignite the fresh fuel.
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So, does that mean add a bunch of unlit charcoal as well as some lit or only a small about of lit charcoal?

Thanks,
Bobby

 

[Konrad Haskins]

The theory is you want lit charcoal on top of unlit so in theory you can add unlit and the lit on top. What I do is at the 12 hour point is fire up a full Weber chimney let everything get at least a little grey and then add the whole thing. That works for me.

 

[Chris Allingham]

Yeah, what Konrad said. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif I will go back and rewrite that paragraph to make it more clear. Whether you add a small or large amount of lit charcoal is up to you, depending on how much longer you need to cook.

Regards,
Chris

 

[Guest]

I use lump and when I add more during a smoke, I put the lump on top then mix the lit and unlit lump, works great.