Baboontyme
Well-known member
- Joined
- Jul 15, 2010
- Location
- Troy, MI
Hi All,
Brand spankin' new member here. I look forward to learning lots from you guys.
I have been smoking for a few years and I think I'm finally getting the hang of things, but I am still a huge work in progress.
One extremely basic question that I have involves charcoal. I have an 18" upright W and I am finally getting good at regulating temps, wood types, etc.
My question is how do I keep the charcoal from putting off so much smoke when I add it to the fire? I want my ribs to have flavor from the wood smoke, not the charcoal smoke. It seems to settle down after awhile, so I've learned that if I use my charcoal starter and get the coals going in there for about 20-30 min and then dump them into my smoker, that effect will be minimalized (is that even a word?). However, when I need to add new coals a couple of hours later to keep the temp up, the new coals start smoking again.
The charcoal smoke is overpowering the wood smoke.
Any help? I've got a guys only trip to the cottage this weekend and I plan to make 3 racks of baby backs as well as my first Boston Butt....I don't want to suffocate people with charcoal flavor. Thanks!
Brand spankin' new member here. I look forward to learning lots from you guys.
I have been smoking for a few years and I think I'm finally getting the hang of things, but I am still a huge work in progress.
One extremely basic question that I have involves charcoal. I have an 18" upright W and I am finally getting good at regulating temps, wood types, etc.
My question is how do I keep the charcoal from putting off so much smoke when I add it to the fire? I want my ribs to have flavor from the wood smoke, not the charcoal smoke. It seems to settle down after awhile, so I've learned that if I use my charcoal starter and get the coals going in there for about 20-30 min and then dump them into my smoker, that effect will be minimalized (is that even a word?). However, when I need to add new coals a couple of hours later to keep the temp up, the new coals start smoking again.
The charcoal smoke is overpowering the wood smoke.
Any help? I've got a guys only trip to the cottage this weekend and I plan to make 3 racks of baby backs as well as my first Boston Butt....I don't want to suffocate people with charcoal flavor. Thanks!