Burnout / Dark Spot - hide with dark stain, rusticate it?

[Trroutman22]

Good info and thank you so much for the replies. I reamed and sanded down the inner bowl and I do not see any burn or cracks where the spot is. I was a bit hasty in my initial cleanup and getting it down to bare wood revealed good wood. I think Nach called it - poor technique. I am going to just smoke it gently and develop some cake or maybe apply a thin coat of mud. After reading the rustication remarks I think I will just sand the out er bowl and stain it black. No worries as it is just a beater for around the yard. No pictures, sorry my camera is out of batteries.