DanB
is One Chatty Farker
Hi All My 1st try with wood splits/White Birch from HD, worked pretty good. Yesterday I started with a basket 1/2 full with Kingsford Blue & Royal Oak lump. When the basket got down 1/2 full I added a two cherry splits 12" x 3", could NOT keep them lit. They would burn/fire with the firebox lid open , but when closed they would just smother.. I tried going to back to the white birch that I used the last time with the same results..Also was getting lots of white billowing smoke.I'm thinking that for some reason there wasn't enough oxygen to keep the splits on fire. Even tried smaller splits, with the same results.I had the vent door wide open. thought that might help. The splits were heated up on the firebox lid.
Temps were anywhere form 225-300. Ribs came very dark looking, using the 3-2-1 way.
What could have gone wrong with the splits not catching on fire? Last time with the white birch I had a nice "clean" fire.
My FB grate sits 4" from the FB floor, so ash is NOT the problem. Looks like it is a air flow problem of some kind.
Smoker is a Brinksmanns Smoke N Pit. Done all the mods.
Thanks Dan
Temps were anywhere form 225-300. Ribs came very dark looking, using the 3-2-1 way.
What could have gone wrong with the splits not catching on fire? Last time with the white birch I had a nice "clean" fire.
My FB grate sits 4" from the FB floor, so ash is NOT the problem. Looks like it is a air flow problem of some kind.
Smoker is a Brinksmanns Smoke N Pit. Done all the mods.
Thanks Dan