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Default Lump charcoal questions & Chimney help please

Tutall wrote:

> 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.


That's what I do. I give it shake to knock some of the ash off then
dump in new stuff.



Brian

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