I fill my charcoal basket up, remove about 30ish maybe a little more, 40 doesn't seem to fit easily(I use the smaller Weber chimney, easier to work it back into the barrel)..lower my basket in and set a grate. I add a wax cube on grate light it, place chimney on wax cube for 12 minutes, then remove grate and dump my chimney on remaining unlit coals. I wait 12-13 minutes at most, then add wood chucks, add re-bar, add ribs, place top on and check ribs on the hours(lately 2.5 hours has been the time where they are close to being done, at this point check every 20-30 mins afterwards, depends on size of ribs and how many racks I have going). I love my PBC, in fact I loved barrel cooking so much, my neighbor and I were inspired to make UDS, finished it up over the weekend!. Thanks to the PBC for my new found love of barrel cooking!
-Rob