How to get charcoal fire/red hot?

I'm a beginer griller. Set up is small/avg charcoal grill with Royal oak briquettes.

I've been having a problem where my charcoal won't get hot enough, they simply get white and ash. I was cooking state the other day and couldn't get the heat/fire needed to sear it.

What should I be doing to get the charcoal to get red-hot and have flames? (btw I can start the briquettes quite quick)

Submitted June 30, 2018 at 02:40PM by BondCool https://ift.tt/2tIxrNj