I got a 14.5" WSM for Father's Day last year and have been using it almost everyweek since. I was just wonder how to get longer smokes one load of coal in the hopper? Between 2-4 hours I can go without refueling but for 6 or more hours I've got to practically clean out the coal chamber and reload with a fresh chimney of burning coal. I'd love to be able to achieve 10-12 hours or more with no problem. My Egg will take care of that (x2) but you can't beat WSM flavor. I've tried the minion method and that didn't work and I've done the side-light method with a torch, that gave me a good 6 hours but that's it.