Puff1
Chef Extraordinaire
Pack the briquettes real tight. Some guys have a certain way they load them but I'm not sure on that.
Was your ring full?
Was your ring full?
Nick Prochilo said:I've gotten 18 hours out a full ring using a bbq guru. Like Puff said, you have to load the ring up. When I get to the top of the ring, I stand some up along the ring to extend the ring an additional inch or so. Then I pyramid the briquits up to a peak. When I dump some in the chimney to start, I take them from the top of the pyramid so I know they will fit when I dump them on after they are lit.
Greg Rempe said:If you had a full ring of charcoal then it sounds like you have a leak somewhere. You should easily get 10hrs of burn out of a full ring. Check to see if the charcoal and middle section fit together tightly. That could be one of the issues.
I just pour the charcoal in and put 15 or so lit briquettes on top...no special packing of the coal...and I get 16+ hrs of burn time in any weather condition!
Check for the leak!