Royal Oak Performer Question

grillnputt · May 23, 2019

I use Royal Oak hardwood on a weber performer. Whether I am cooking steaks, burgers or wings, I get tailpipe thick smoke throughout the entire cook. When I raise the lid, I can't even see the food. Anyone else have this? Any suggestions? I clean the grates after every cook.

food4thot · May 23, 2019

Been using RO and other lump in my Performer for years and never had a problem. Unusual issue you have going on. Try a full burnout...get it raging hot without cooking anything and let it smoke until it smokes no longer.

SonnyE · May 23, 2019

I agree with Erik's advice, burn it out.

I'm a gasser, but now and then I just take it to cremation, open it up and let it burn out.
The next day I use my shop vac to take out the burned out chunks.

Shadowdog500 · May 23, 2019

If there is anything in your grill causing the smoke the burnout will get rid of it.

I did a burnout of all of my BBQ equipment this spring because of mold growth caused by last years “rainiest year in recorded history”. After the burnout I was surprised that the inside of the kettle and two WSMs were so clean that they looked brand new, grates and all. Chris

food4thot · May 24, 2019

Another thought. Could be your ash catcher needs a thorough cleaning.

robert-r · May 24, 2019

Your fuel got wet?

Michigan BBQ Fan · May 24, 2019

Could be wet wood. Could be the fire needs more air at the start. It's never getting a good run at the beginning so it goes dirty. I stopped using Royal Oak a bit ago because of issues with burn etc. Moved to using Jealous Devil now. Good luck tweaking it. Let us know when you find a solution so we can all learn. Happy Smokin'

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