That's a sweet fire Andy!The way I usually set up my brace is by taking two pieces of wood around two in. thick and 8-10in.long and lay them down in a v shape with the open end toward me and the other two ends an inch or so apart.This waythe air gets through the back end. I can lay the small kindling across the brace before starting a teepee shape with the larger kindling.and this leaves me with a nice square hole to put my tinder into as the last step.