Thanks Chromeski, I think it was mainly how I had the other basket setup, too low and not enough air flow under my coals . It was pretty much sitting on the bottom of the fire box, I knew better but I was just ready to cook something lol. This new basket will or should I say hopefully works like I want, just gotta learn my pit [emoji109]Chromeski wrote:Pit looks good and so do the ribs. I don't know if a larger basket will help you or not, but either way you will need to play with it to figure out what works