Managing Temperatures on a Kamado Joe Grill | Tips & Techniques

Chef Eric Gephart brings us more valuable Kamado Cooking 101 advice on How to Manage Temperatures on a Kamado Joe Grill.

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[BigRockJones]

You are really good at explaining things. Appreciate it. Very helpful.

[ixlzz]

As long as the lower draft opening can be made large enough to allow for the desired temp, one cannot put "too much" charcoal in the basket. The lower slide might have to be opened more, though.
One could fill the basket to the top, and only enough charcoal could burn at any one time as can be fueled by the available inlet volume: this is how it is possible to get those 18-hour cooks at a paltry 225*F, without the whole load igniting at one time.

[ivse]

As always, very well explained and helpful information 👍👍👍

[none]

Thanks for the tips. Always thought you would need more lumpwood than that

[olivero.]

Too general tips. You might wanna say if you want 400 F at which temperature you start closing down you airflow? Too much charcoal is funny, when we think about 9-12 cooks.. sorry man, not enough content.