On Jul 11, 8:21*am, "Dirty Harry" > wrote:

> Just close down all the vents as soon as you're done and there'll be 1/2 a
> chimney left usually. *I try and scoop as much of it as I can into the
> chimney the next time, and start the chimney on top of the rest. *Usually
> the heat gets the stuff under the chimney going pretty good.

Shoot, I just throw the new chimney on top of the old unburnt stuff.
Never relight it in the chimney especially as a lot of it is partially
burnt without a lot of mass left.