[jyl]

I have not done that much Weber grilling. When I do, lots of briquets, torched with long flaming streams of lighter fluid, is my M.O. It's gotta look like the airstrike scene from Apocalypse Now.

I do a fair bit of cooking over my fire pit. Charcoal and the aforementioned napalm airstrike, generate a heck of a lot of heat even without the Weber's fancy schmancy vents.

Seriously, I think you should simply use more briquets or charcoal.