2 questions in one post

First question. Is one fist sized wood chunk plenty of wood for one rack of loins or spares? Also, if the bag of chunks i purchased has small chunks as in no bigger than a dang golf ball, take it back and buy a better bag?

second question. How much smoke is produced from lump charcoal alone? main reason i ask. i have some awesome high quality mesquite lump that i want to smoke some ribs with but i need to know how much of the smoke proprieties of the wood are still around after it has been carbonized into charcoal. i want to use the mesquite lump to smoke with and it smells pretty dang clean when it is burning hot. i would not add any other wood chunks to the fire if i use mesquite lump. oh and it will be minion burn.

thanks

Thanks guys for the answers. Im bugged that my wood chunks are like way small. Gotta buy me some good stuff. Haha.

so your saying for one rack alone, 3 fist sized pieces of wood would be ok? just wanna make sure they aint to smokey for first timers. haha

Im gonna try mesquite as well this spring haha. 20$ for 50 lbs of high quality stuff. Average size is 7 in diameter and about a foot long haha.

landarc said:

I would keep the small golf ball sized chunks, they might end up being useful.

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maybe for cold smoking then eh? What else could i use them for?

thanks

Ron_L said:

Ummm... Maybe I'm the only one who feels that this in important, but what are you cooking on? A fist sized chunk will be way to much for a small electric like a Masterbuilt, may be just right for a 18.5" WSM, a little light for a 22.5" WSM or UDS, and would be way too light for a large offset.

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Hmm. I must have deleted what i was cookin on. Its a 22.5 kettle anf a uds.

Thanks for bringing this up