Brickets take too long to light up: Do the baskets slow things down?
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Well, I'm no expert either, but here's what we do. We use Cowboy brand hardwood lump charcoal. It doesn't look at all like the usual briquette. It looks like black pieces of wood in varying shapes and sizes. It is supposed to have quicker and hotter fires, and we find this to be true. Also, we don't use the baskets at all. We pour the charcoal into the middle of the bottom grill rack and kind of mound it toward the middle. Once the charcoal gets hot enough, we spread it out as evenly as possible. We're usually putting food on within 20 minutes of starting the grill. One other thing. You mentioned putting the lid on. Not sure if you mean you leave it on the whole time while waiting for the charcoal to ash over. Again, I'm no expert, but I think the lid should be off in order for the charcoal to properly heat up.
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Sorry to hear you had trouble -The first one I had seemed to be very slow, but did not burn out. I bought a second unit and it much better than the first one - cooks better and actually toasts bread - I love it!
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I'm guessing mine takes about 90 seconds, depending on how brown you want the toast.
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The bottom basket is not longer than the top basket. Hope this response helps.
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I'm not certain, but a front basket for me has worked well, especially if something shifts in my basket, I can see it and readjust before becoming unstable.
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i would suggest leaving Waka-waka in full sun for at least 3 hours. Then see if dimming improves.
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Yes. I am running two different sets on two Intermatics. I have them synchronized to go off at dawn and come back up at dusk. They do so within 10 seconds. One of them is on the same timer that controls our front night lighting, so there is a pretty high start-up load.
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About 5 minutes, you will have to use a few cubes depending upon the amount of charcoal you want to light.
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About 10 minutes on high. I find that I need to use the high for best pick up.
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The lights have a high n low feature. The most doesn't but it doesn't emit a lot so it shouldn't be overwhelming.
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I will leave the charcoal in the baskets. If I don't want to use baskets I will just pour charcoal onto grate over the igniter to lightthem.
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I didn't actually time the burn but it is shorter than firewood but longer than I had anticipated. I mix woodchips/saw dust with shredded paper to about a 50/50 mix and I haven't noticed any extra or unwanted smoke. I want to try and make enough bricks this spring and summer to get me through next winter. If you don't mind a little work then it's worth it, FYI I fill up a 50 gallon trashcan with my mix and it usually makes about 32 bricks.
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The toast time varies with the degree of darkness, but seems longer than you would expect. Seems a little under powered and the wrapping of the heat elements are irregular. Ours burned out on one side after about a month.
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They come on quickly but, like lots of other fluorescents, take a few minutes to get up to full intensity. I would say they are a bit faster then some other bulbs I bought in getting to full brightness .
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The other responses match my experience. The hoops were smaller than I expected at ~12"H.
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You have to leave space for the air to circulate. It works great but if you overfill takes a long time to reach goal. It has a timer and a thermometer but you have to keep an eye on both. I wasn't comfortable leaving it completely unattended. About two milk crateswith items in them is about the most you can put in at a time. I used a flat plastic lid on top of the bricks and the net and it helped support stuff so it didn't touch bottom. The plastic lid I used is 23 x. 17 . left plenty of space for things to heat up quickly. Some trial and error for us, but finding dead bed bugs in the bottom is a great reward. Really like this product. You have to leave space for the air to circulate. It works great but if you overfill takes a long time to reach goal. It has a timer and a thermometer but you have to keep an eye on both. I wasn't comfortable leaving it completely unattended. About two milk crateswith items in them is about the most you can put in at a time. I used a flat plastic lid on top of the bricks and the net and it helped support stuff so it didn't touch bottom. The plastic lid I used is 23 x. 17 . left plenty of space for things to heat up quickly. Some trial and error for us, but finding dead bed bugs in the... » Read More You have to leave space for the air to circulate. It works great but if you overfill takes a long time to reach goal. It has a timer and a thermometer but you have to keep an eye on both. I wasn't comfortable leaving it completely unattended. About two milk crateswith items in them is about the most you can put in at a time. I used a flat plastic lid on top of the bricks and the net and it helped support stuff so it didn't touch bottom. The plastic lid I used is 23 x. 17 . left plenty of space for things to heat up quickly. Some trial and error for us, but finding dead bed bugs in the bottom is a great reward. Really like this product. « Show Less
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Similar thing happened to me. Adjusted backlight and power off settings to longer minutes. Seemed to do the trick