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Christine Allison
 
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You may not be using enough charcoal. The best practice is to burn at least
a chimney full and control the speed of burning with your cookers vents.

In general it's preferable to keep the exhaust vent open and control the
rate of combustion by adjusting the intake vent(s). If your stove parts are
not tight fitting and you have leaks this may be difficult.

Richard Smith

"Dave" > wrote in message
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> "Rob" > wrote in message
> news:UhD4e.3459$1r6.3332@trnddc02...
> > Hi all,
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> > I just got a Brinkman Smoker and am having problems keeping the

charcoal
> > hot. What is the secret to keeping the coals hot and do you mix your

wood
> > with your coals?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Rob

>
> I addittion to the hole-fix, you might try using lump charcaol.
> DT
> >

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