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Originally Posted by EatRBBQ
I know alot of folks use the Minion method (or fire wicking) in their UDS, I prefer to light all my charcoal (lump or briquettes) completely gray before loading.
I fire all the charcoal gray, load the UDS, choke down temps and airflow until it's stable. The entire process takes me less than 30 minutes normally. Lighting it all, choking it back has NOT reduced my cooking times.
Every time I've tried the Minion/wicking method in my UDS I get tons of white smoke.
As another poster noted though - once my UDS is rolling/cooking I don't usually see any smoke at all. Once the meats I'm smoking are getting closer to done and the juices are really dripping I get plenty of steam/smoke - sometimes looks white (but no where near as nasty as white smoke from charcoal)
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so you light like a whole chimney and then use that. so i take it, that you have to replace fuel every few hours?