DAE realize their firebasket was choking the fire the whole time
I ran my offset for almost two years before I figured out my coal basket sat too close to the bottom grate in my old Oklahoma Joe, so ash piled up and smothered the coals. The tip-off was last month when I did a brisket at 225 and the temp kept diving every 40 minutes even with the vent wide open. Anyone else find out the hard way their fire needed more air gap?