Well Scarbelly it was a good idea. I suspended a cooling rack underneath my waterpan using paperclips and sat the amnps on it. I lit it from both ends and had 4.5 hours of nice smoke. This is closer to what I was expecting. I left the original chip pan in place and didn't add a brick or sand to it. Adding either of these might help but I am not sure if I really could get much more than 4.5 hours from both ends. I will try to take a picture here in the next day or two and post it in cast others are having the same problem. I am planning on getting to lowes to buy some hooks to replace the paper clips. Thanks again.