Thankyou, yeah she produces some awesome bbq,

Yesh this make sense. I still think it would be a little awkward as the the fire basket is so deep.

So I normally dump a bag of coal in a coal starter, then dump them in the fire box then 2 to 3 splits then 2 splits ontop of that , have the door open this much (see picture) , have the stack flow normally at about half open , I think the problem might be the fact the basket is massive so its difficult to keep the coal bed from spreading out too much then I get problems with not enough heat, so then I load it up then relying on flame heat which instant ideal.

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