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- Dec 27, 2005
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Thanks for sharing the link Bob!
Dang those look awesome.
Dang those look awesome.
Its been my experience that the natural briqs produce more ash than BBK and when extinguished they just just crumble to dust and cannot be reused. Naked Whiz also posted to the same conclusion. Just a heads up.
What are people using to get the charcoal basket into the pbc if not using lighter fluid?
I wonder if there's some sort of chain or a stick with a hook on the end at a hardware store that someone could use to lift it in and out of the pbc. I guess I could use gloves, but even with gloves that thing would be hot.
It would be a pain, but I really wouldn't want to use lighter fluid. Goes against everything I was ever taught.
Just to follow up on my own question :-D I had great results with the Rancher hardwood briquettes.
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=152949
It did run hotter than expected, about 330 degrees, but I had no issues with ash, but it was a calm day. We'll see what happens on a windier day. It ran for a long time (I gave up taking temp readings after about 5 hours, but it was still going strong at 7 hours.)
I'm assuming you're still here. So, 330* with outside temps in the 20's* . It will be interesting to see how it runs come summer.
I filled the basket and put it in the PBC before dumping the lit charcoal in. It was a tight fit with s full sized Weber chimney, and a couple of briquettes missed the basket, but a pair of tongs fixed that. The new, smaller Weber chimney would probably be perfect.
I filled the basket and put it in the PBC before dumping the lit charcoal in. It was a tight fit with s full sized Weber chimney, and a couple of briquettes missed the basket, but a pair of tongs fixed that. The new, smaller Weber chimney would probably be perfect.
I wonder if anyone's got the new smaller sized weber chimney starter to see if its small enough to fit in the barrel well and still holds enough.
Phil, I assume you have a reason for trying to light evenly across the top if the basket, as opposed to lighting one side only. Why?
i dont have a uds, so unsure.. but in the pbc, if only one side is lit, i dont think you would be able to use the unlit side, or if you do it will take longer to cook than the lit side.. its pretty significantly smaller than a 50 gallon drum.
your technique is similar to the one we used in the bandera with the firebasket.. we burned horizontally instead of vertically.