bbqpitsmoker
Full Fledged Farker
My first cook, have experienced 2 (perhaps related?) issues:
1. I have the heat management plate installed per the factory guidelines, and the temp on the left yoder thermometer was 250F. I put an accurate digital thermometer on the right hand side, and read 350F. 100F swing with the heat management plate fitted sounds way too high.
2. I really struggled to get the temp up. Even 2 hours later I was barely breaking 200F on the left side of the grill, and this was with starting off with red hot charcoal (5 pieces of lump each around as big as an orange), and then adding dry wood splits. Event stood there for 10 mins at a time with a Looftlighter fanning the fire. I noticed that every time I shut the top firebox lid, the fire would die down and smoulder. Both dampers were fully open. 3 hours later I emptied a full 10 pound bag of charcoal into the firepit on top of the already red hot embers and ignited it with the looftlighter so that all fuel was lit, and the temp on the left of the pit still didn't rise above 250F ?
1. I have the heat management plate installed per the factory guidelines, and the temp on the left yoder thermometer was 250F. I put an accurate digital thermometer on the right hand side, and read 350F. 100F swing with the heat management plate fitted sounds way too high.
2. I really struggled to get the temp up. Even 2 hours later I was barely breaking 200F on the left side of the grill, and this was with starting off with red hot charcoal (5 pieces of lump each around as big as an orange), and then adding dry wood splits. Event stood there for 10 mins at a time with a Looftlighter fanning the fire. I noticed that every time I shut the top firebox lid, the fire would die down and smoulder. Both dampers were fully open. 3 hours later I emptied a full 10 pound bag of charcoal into the firepit on top of the already red hot embers and ignited it with the looftlighter so that all fuel was lit, and the temp on the left of the pit still didn't rise above 250F ?