Basket Splitter Configuration Settings

[EggheadRalph]

Hello, I have the basket splitter setup on the max setting now and my low and slow cook went quicker than I thought (lasted like 3 hours). I realized maybe I should have removed one of the center top plates out to put the divider plate more in the middle. 

Cooking low and slow (225⁰), what's your experience with where the basket splitter is positioned? How long will the cook be if you removed one top plate or two top plates? Do you ever remove the center divider plate and fill the basket up with charcoal below the top plates?

I'm doing ribs and want indirect heat. Thanks. 

[5698k]

For a longer cook, i would have the splitter open roughly half, but always fill the available opening with coal. Any leftover coal can be re used for future cooks. You’ll also used a little less coal once you learn your settings.


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[C6Bill]

What size cooker do you have ? A 32 ? And for ribs I don't use the splitter in my 32. Just a drip pan with foil to catch any drippings, that acts as a deflector to get me indirect. At 225 a 2.5 pound rack of ribs should take at least 4 or 5 hours.

[EggheadRalph]

On 10/21/2025 at 4:37 AM, 5698k said:

For a longer cook, i would have the splitter open roughly half, but always fill the available opening with coal. Any leftover coal can be re used for future cooks. You’ll also used a little less coal once you learn your settings.


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@5698k are you suggesting for longer cooks, I completely remove the divider entirely and fill the whole basket underneath the splitter tops? If so, that would make sense! Thanks. 

[5698k]

No, use the splitter such that you’re using a half ish basket. I suppose it doesn’t matter that much because you’re only going to use whatever it takes for a given cook, whether half basket full or full basket.


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