Smoking Meat?

[navychop]

Do you use lump charcoal or briquets?

Lump.

 

[dfergie]

Got fire going around 7 am, put meat on around 7:30, never got to 200 even after reloading with lump and wood. Pulled at 3 pm, 3 lb roast 196, 5 lb at 192, shredded with bear claws and put half in air fryer 390 for 8 minutes, other half in instant pot with red chile sauce for the tamales.
Will finish Tamale cook in another thread.

 

[navychop]

Perhaps, the brand of lump?