Hi everyone, thanks so much for taking time to give me your advice, great to hear its likely an easy fix!
I am planning to load up this weekend so i will report back
I have both the cheap Costco fuel and the good Kamado Joe big block fuel
I had been using a mix so not sure why my first few cooks would have been any different in terms of fuel. The only thing I can think of is I ran out of my first batch of the cheap Costco stuff and bought another bay so maybe I just got a bad quality batch 2nd time around
I will try with just the big block fue