Did I ruin the
lump by feeding it the steady flame from the gas burner?

Pretty much. You burned it all up before you used it.

I'm thinking I
didn't need the newspaper at all if I was gonna use the gas burner.

Correct.


Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...want to use it some more
this weekend.




You don't need to wait for lump to ash over. Just get it burning and use
it.


TFM®