Charcoal Maze

Does anyone use a charcoal maze in their ProQ Excel 20? Here is one for an 18-inch setup.

I'm not sure I follow the diagram. Could you show a photo instead or explain in more detail.

This is a view of the maze from above. Each line represents a sheet metal "divider", which would be the same height as the charcoal basket (represented by the circle). You would put the hot coals in either the lower left or right quadrant, then fill the rest of the "maze" with unlit charcoal. The charcoal would then light sequentially clockwise (or anti-clockwise). that way, not all of the charcoal would be burning at once. This should result in a longer burning time.

We don't get those over this side of the pond Mike, but would be keen to see how they perform, if you have one to test, please try it out and post a review.

Oh wow so its like minion on steroids. Thanks for the expanded description.

I'm going to make one for my new Excel 20 and will take pictures and file a report.

Yep, kind of like the minion method on steroids.

OK, had some scrap sheet metal and made a very crude one, using my tin snips. I want to see how it works before getting my sheet-metal worker friend to fabricate a good one for me. Here are the pictures. I hope to try it out this weekend.

Well, it didn't work too well, so I think I will scrap it. The coals ened up burning along the top of the stack, all through the maze. So I had half-burned charcoal all through it.

I'm building one at the moment but haven't had time to finish it.

Have you got it done yet? When you do, please post a pic and let us know how you did it, what materials, etc.