On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 20:24:54 GMT, Dana Myers > wrote:

>M&M wrote:
>
>> I'm completely baffled by your problem getting it as hot as you'd like.
>> Mine will easily reach 400°.
>
>Same here. More fuel == more heat, as long as the fire
>can breathe OK and isn't damped down and smoldering.
>


I think that was the problem. I had the firebox
dampner set to about 1". Realize now I should
have let the fire completely get hot before
closing it. Later on in the cook the coals
finally got nice and white hot and from then
on things acted a lot more like I had expected
them to.


Jesse