Mike.......I kinda figured you wanted to break in your new Weber and play with it so we decided to leave you guys alone this weekend....
On my OTG I usually light just the bottom third to half of a full chimney and dump that full chimney into the kettle and let the temp stabilize. Also, at that point, most all of the smoke from charcoals clears as well. I'm able to maintain temps anywhere between 250 to 400 for long periods.
I'm planning on doing 2 racks of dino bones (beef ribs) this weekend...
I got them at Costco a couple of weeks ago and they've been in the freezer. I will magic dust them too..