AlanT1

Excellent advice. Many thanks.

Thanks for your reply. I will try cooking next time with indirect cooking. I always thought fat dripping on hot charcoal made it burn more not less.

I haven’t cook with charcoal for a long time. I have been using a Weber gas bbq. Just bought a Weber compact 47cm with chimney starter kit using Weber charcoal Brigettes. I have top and bottom vents open. Put 2kg of charcoal for not the chimney and lite with lighter cubes. After about 20 minutes light flames on top of charcoal and very hot and grey. Emptied over about 60% of the base and left for 15 minutes with lid on. When I opened the lid it was very hot. I cooked belly pork and drumsticks over the charcoal and it took well over 45 minutes and still some wasn’t cooked. I noticed the middle of the charcoal was black and producing hardly any heat. What did I do wrong? Sorry for being so long winded but I really want to get right next time.