Dan Shakesby
TVWBB Member
I had my first experience with Lump charcoal today. I was wondering if anyone could share some tips. I started off with a lit chimney full and topped off with a chimney full of unlit and with apple and cherry chunks. I did three racks of BRITU. This being my first attempt I was surprised at the bag contents: everything from golf ball size to softball sized chunks. Everything started off OK and i manged to settle in at a 230 degree temp for the ribs, however after 3 hours i was scrambling to get all the vents open to get the temp back up. Is there a method of chunk size selection and perhaps a few pointers as I was expecting the 2 chimney stash to last much longer than they actually did, I ended up pulling the ribs off the WSM and finishing them on the gas grill.
Thanks in advance to any suggestions or prior posts that might help.
Thanks in advance to any suggestions or prior posts that might help.