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Just like the title says, I see alot of people moding there smoker on here, and most explain what a mod is used for. But I have yet to see an explination for the charcoal basket.
The basket is great if you are using the minion method ( do a search on minion method if not familiar )Fill basket and leave depresion in center and add hot coals to center, give em a bit to get going and up to temp and you should get a long controlable burn as the raw coals slowly catch. ( mix in a couple wood chunks and they will slowly smoke. Here is another version on a drum smoker but same concept.