BOB wrote:
> M&M Man wrote:
>> On 22-Jan-2004, "Duwop" > wrote:
>>
>>> Minion method, in a firebox? I tried it once just to see if it
>>> would work, ended up with a very hot fire. Got any tips or hints I
>>> could try? Cuz right
>>> now, my cooker will go through 15 pounds or better on a 10 hour
>>> cook.
>>> Dale
>>
>> Sounds about right Dale. That'd be about 3 chimneys or maybe just a
>> little more. Minion works in my NB Silver, but watch that draft. Once
>> you let it get away from you it's Katy bar the door. You'd have to
>> damp
>> it with water or something and that doesn't sound very pretty. Very
>> soon after startup, my draft is shut down to about an inch. Chimney
>> is all the way open. Using Royal Oak lump I can get away with adding
>> unlit on
>> top of the fire if I don't let it get to low or use to much at a
>> time. I know
>> it sounds like some kind of voodoo, but after some bad times in the
>> beginning, I got comfortable with mine and have very little trouble
>> with it. No, it won't burn 8 hours without attention. Yes, I can
>> cook for 8 hours without cultivating an ulcer. (Beer helps). Count
>> on using a lot of fuel.
>>
>> M&M
>
> What do you mean "sounds like voodoo"? It *IS* voodoo.
>
> BOB

Humor me , treat me like the idiot I am and start from scratch for me
please. How do you pile the coal up in the firebox and how do you light it
and how/where do you add more?

Summer 2002 is when I got good with the intake damper and could finally go
over an hour with a load. Now I can get up to 2 hours, sometime more,
depending. Average would be 90 minutes I guess. Hows that compare using
minion method in a firebox?
Now I know I have a poorly built rig that adds to the troubles too.

Dale
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