I just dump mine in a pile, underneath a red cedar tree. It's also just uphill slightly from where water drain from the front lawn. That keeps it from getting too wet.
I collect kitchen non meat stuff and eventually fill an old garbage can. Then I level the compost pile and dump the garbage can and then repile the pile. In putting the kitchen stuff in, if a lot, I scoop some mulchy material from the top of the compost/mulch pile and put it on the kitchen material I just put into the garbage can.
Makes compost in around 6-9 months.
Top tree greenery plus chips will make it cook pretty readily.
Been doing mine since 2000. Used to get a lot of leaves and chopped them up to add to it, but my leaf source dried up. Getting lots of wood chips with some tree top material and that kitchen stuff.