Cheech and Chong
Got Wood.
Hello all,
I am seasoning my new smoker today and I am having some trouble with temp and smoke.
The smoke chamber is 33 x 18 and it's 1/4 steel. I wiped the chamber down with cooking oil, lit some charcoal and brought it up to 250. I preheated some logs and then threw them on. My problem is if I close the intake vent to keep the temp down, the smoke is the bad cloudy smoke. When I open the intake more I get clearer blue smoke but the temps jump up to 300. I cant seem to get the temp down to 225-275 AND get the clear blue smoke. Could the wood be to moist? I really don't want to cook next weekend and have that crap thick smoke coming out. Any advice?
I am seasoning my new smoker today and I am having some trouble with temp and smoke.
The smoke chamber is 33 x 18 and it's 1/4 steel. I wiped the chamber down with cooking oil, lit some charcoal and brought it up to 250. I preheated some logs and then threw them on. My problem is if I close the intake vent to keep the temp down, the smoke is the bad cloudy smoke. When I open the intake more I get clearer blue smoke but the temps jump up to 300. I cant seem to get the temp down to 225-275 AND get the clear blue smoke. Could the wood be to moist? I really don't want to cook next weekend and have that crap thick smoke coming out. Any advice?