sprinkle a tablespoon or 2 of vegetable oil on the paper before crunpling it up... On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:48:48 -0600, Jim Graham wrote > Ok, new ECB (modified per the standard 3 mods that everyone pointed > me to a few months ago) question: To bring the temp DOWN while > smoking, do I want to open the door on the side? Or will that make > it hotter? It's sitting at 300°F with the water pan in the smoker > (and water in it). I want to smoke the bird during a slow > finish...not roast it with 300°F smoke. > > Oh, and my second round of coals and the transfer went almost flawless. > As before, I had to light a second set of crumbled paper---the first > batch just burns up in a heartbeat. The second bunch ignites the coals. > Am I missing something? Or just not using enough paper? > > Thanks, > --jim > > PS: I spoke too soon about the ECB hitting 400°F earlier. It may > have, briefly, but a few minutes later, it was at 300°F, where > it stayed for the first stage of cooking. > > -- > 73 DE N5IAL (/4) | "My spell checker eloped with a wiccan > spooky130u@gmail.com | and I've not seen it since!" > < Running FreeBSD 7.0 > | > ICBM / Hurricane: | (from news.admin.net-abuse.email) > 30.44040N 86.599125W | Sent from my Keyboard™ -- =Mark http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens