That is when I started using the can method. The sheet metal that ran from one side of the charcoal ring to within 6 inches of the other side of the ring, became so hot, it started the charcoal on the opposite side on fire and thus it did not work at all. The idea was to run from the corner area all the way around until done. Of course I filled the remaining area with un-lit charcoal. In the 6 by 6 area, I would dump the hot coals remove the partition sheet metal and the I was off and running. I partitioned this 6 by 6 area off with a single piece of sheet metal that I could pull up and remove. I then fabed a 6" by 6" (something like that) in the corner between the attached sheet metal to the charcoal ring. I took the charcoal ring and installed a single piece of sheet metal that ran from one side to within 6 inches of the other side. The first thing I tried was the "race track system", something like the Jedmaster uses. You said somebody might have tried this two years ago. I'll be interested in seeing how long a burn you can get with this method. The knowledge base with WSM user has grown so much, we all feel comfortable enough to try new things. The Minion Method was born out of the fact that Webers manual is so bad when it comes to fire control,that many folks could not make the cooker stay in the 200? to 270? range. There are many ways to make it work and I will vary the fireup to fit the cook and conditions. The two vents that face the wind I close. Normally I use only one of the bottoms vents to control temp. I dump coals put in the waterpan with cold water put on the meat and close the lid. The fire up is the same but I don't use hot water and I don't wait for pit to get to temp before putting on the meat. I'll tell you that I don't follow the Minion Method very close. Your right you would have to stir coals a less. Someone was doing something similar to this a couple of years ago and it should work fine, I believe because it is burning from from the bottom up it will not not burn as long if were burn from top down.
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