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Great advice guys. I've used a weed burner, wax starters and chimneys too.

I've tried many methods to lite lump and was wondering is there any consensus on the best way? I have a 32" Big Bad.

12 minutes ago, mguerra said:

After using almost every method, I have settled on the charcoal chimney fired up with a Weber cube. No flying ash, fast, easy, light it and walk away. No buying and schlepping gas tanks or cylinders, no need to stand there holding the torch or weed burner. You can just lay the cube on top of your lump without a chimney to start a small amount of fire for a low and slow. It’s a variation of the Minion method. Or fire up a chimney, filled to any level, for a hotter fire. No need for electricity like those different electric starters. As we have said many times, you will never get a low temp if you start too much charcoal at first. One Weber cube, with or without a chimney, and you have it made, easy peasy, for either a hot or a low fire.

I tried those but they didn't work for me primarily because the fire emanates from one small area causing the fire to burn unevenly.  With most torches you can light the charcoal more homogenously.  To each his own.

1 hour ago, tony b said:

Do you have issues with starting too much charcoal for the cooking temperature you want with that many BTUs?

No, as I mentioned the flame is very adjustable with this valve.

2 minutes ago, tony b said:

Mine is a long barreled weed burner, so you don't have to lean into the grill to light the coals. 

That's one of the reasons I use my weed burner and it's much faster than a MAPP torch, 10-15 seconds for a full load on my 32".  Mine was $40 delivered from Amazon and is 500,000 BTU, vs MAPP 13,000, so no wonder it's faster.

2 hours ago, Bruce Pearson said:

Tony how very very true LOL! but in my defense I did try using the weed burner to light my KK and it made a mess charcoal dust everywhere. My set up for lack of a better word has two speeds low and high, low doesn’t seen any better than my looflighter or heat gun. But high is scary it sounds like a nasa rocket taking off. 
I’m happy using the wax lighters,more to this old mans speed LOL. 

You can adjust the flame with this one.  On high the flame is a roaring 12", but it adjusts down to a rather tame 4".

Anyone else use one of these?

It's used to accommodate the size of the smoker.  I use it wide open.

7 minutes ago, Alohapiggy said:

I got a question about the Cyber Q fan.  Why is the a slider inside of the fan?  I know its suppose to control  air flow but isn’t the fan a variable speed fan??  How to u guys use it meaning do u leave it wide open or half way open?  

Expensive, but it's the best there is.

Thanks all.  I do have a Cyber Q Cloud with integrated fan, but I appreciate all the help.

Very good thread.  I've got 300-600 degrees down for short to medium time cooks, but I'd like some advice for a pork shoulder 15 hour cook at 225 degrees.  Specifically, since it'll be an overnight cook and I don't want to have to add charcoal every couple hours, how much charcoal is needed and should it be layered with unlit charcoal?  What vent configuration is optimal?  I have a dual lower vent 32BB.  Thanks.

I highly recommend the KK cover.  The sunbrella material is tops in the boating industry and is well worth the price.

4 hours ago, Bruce Pearson said:

Great looking KK and I really like the view!

Thanks.  Building the home on the country's 5th deepest lake, Pend Oreille and moving in in '16 was a dream come true.  The view never gets old.

4 hours ago, Tucker said:

That is a gorgeous 32 - love the chevron & colors

Thanks.  I picked the color to go with the house and deck.  

4 hours ago, Tucker said:

That is a gorgeous 32 - love the chevron & colors

1 hour ago, Pequod said:

I just so happen to be using mine today due to an overnighter. Here’s a pic of it in action and the bracket. If yours didn’t come with it, you can find it here: https://bbqguru.com/storenav?CategoryId=5&ProductId=187. You can probably also find it at Kerblam! (that’s Amazon for you non-Whovians).

 

Thanks.  That's what I was thinking.

Have both and I'm looking for the best way to install.  Thanks.

Thanks.

Thanks Robert.  I purchased my Komodo a year ago and CyberQ has two versions one for old Kamodos and one for new.  Is there a way to tell which CyberQ to purchase? 

I'm in the same boat as skypalace.  KCBS is running a special on the CyberQ Cloud for $299.  What are your thoughts on that vs. the Flame Boss and Fireboard?  Thanks.