Minion Charcoal Method Guide: Setting Up and Usage
Looking for a way of making the charcoal in your smoker burn low and controlled to give you many hours of smoking and low-temperature cooking? Well, then, the minion charcoal method is how to achieve this.
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Step by Step Guide on the Minion Charcoal Method
You can fire up your smoker within 15 minutes of starting it. Let’s take a look at the four (4) easy steps of grilling/smoking with the minion method.Step 1 – Fill the Smoker Chamber with Briquettes / Lump Charcoal
- Tightly pack up your unlit briquettes or lump charcoal in the charcoal chamber.
- Make a well in the center, this is where you have your starter coals.
- Place your preferred woods on top of the briquette or charcoal lump
Step 2 – Light up the Starter Coals
- Light up starter coal in a charcoal chimney starter or a blow torch or with other devices you use in lighting up.
- Move them to the grill after the coals have gray ash on their surfaces.
Step 3 – Move the Lit Coals into the Center Well
- Remember the center well you created in step 1, now it’s time to move the burning starter coals into the center well.
- They will help light up the briquettes around them.
Step 4 - Assemble your Cooker
Leave the damper open to give room for oxygen into the daft. As soon as it gets to around 225˚F, close the exhaust damper and make it open to around 25%.Add briquettes or lump charcoal if there is a need. Light them up in a charcoal chimney and allow them to burn to around 40% before adding.