560 Heating Slowly

I’m currently working on my second smoke on my 560. This is my first experience smoking so I don’t have anything to previously compare it to.

Both times has felt like heating up takes a really long time. I’m easily looking at 30-45 minutes to hit 250.

This time around I added a fire starter, and it helped, but not much.

Any tips? I’m loading all the way with wood chunks and charcoal, should I load less so it’s easier to burn?