So my Humphreys Pint should be here within a week:grin: and this will be my first time cooking on this type of cooker. I was wondering how lump does vs briquettes in this type of cooker and what most guys prefer? I have the charcoal maze coming as well. Any and all info/tricks is appreciated, thx in advance!!!!
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Lump or Briq in Humphreys???
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KevinJ
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Congrats on your new cooker, you can use either. I'm probably in the minority and I only have a WSM and Kettle but I seem to get more consistent burn times with Briquettes. The food taste the same to me and I'm using wood chunks for smoke flavor.
I've run lump in my backwoods (same type) for a long while now and it works great. I light it in the back and just let it burn up to the front. No maze. Works fine without it. But there are lots of folks that run briquettes and it works great. Definitely try them both.
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I do not own this smoker but try Stubbs Briquettes , they burn hot and have a lot less ash and have natural binders .
IamMadMan
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I have the Humphrey's Down East Beast, a larger version of the Pint. I find that with briquettes, it is almost impossible to get above 250 - 260 and a load of briquettes will burn about 8 hours.
When I used lump charcoal, I could get higher temperatures and longer cooking times.
When I couple lump with the BBQ Guru, I can get 12 hour burns with an eight pound bag of lump.
When I used lump charcoal, I could get higher temperatures and longer cooking times.
When I couple lump with the BBQ Guru, I can get 12 hour burns with an eight pound bag of lump.
twatsonr1
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I don't have the same type, I have a gravity feed. I've used both and they both seem to have their pros and cons. For me the lump burns longer and has less ash. The briquettes seem to heat up a lot fast (almost half the time), and it recovers a lot faster after opening the door to check the food.
ChuckD
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How much wood do you mix in with the lump/briquettes? Doea starting the fire in the back vs front make a big difference? My Pint takes loner to get up to temp than others have noted - I start in the front right and let the guru do its thing.
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Kingsford lump briquettes.
IamMadMan
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In my Humphrey's Down East Beast, I start the lump charcoal in the front, and use about 8 fist sized chunks of wood scattered throughout the charcoal. I leave an open spot in the front of the charcoal tray, and dump orange coals from a charcoal chimney into the open spot. I also put boiling water in the water pan to help bring the cooker up to temperature. It usually comes to full temperature in about 30 minutes, sometimes less.
Sallenthornton
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I fill the front of the tray up with a mixture of lump and wood chunks and fill the back of the tray with the lit charcoal and a few additional wood chunks on top. Sometimes, if I have too many, I sprinkle the rest of the lit charcoal on the unlit charcoal. I always use water. Once it gets going, it stays fairly consistent with the temps.
Thx everyone.... I'm going to try the lump first and see how it does. I always used briquettes in my UDS and WSM and never had a issue but wanted to give lump a shot since I see a lot of insulated vertical smoker owners using it. I'll be posting a lot of PRON when it arrives. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas.
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I use natural briquettes as the uniform size is more consistent for me. If you can't get up to temp try running the water pan empty. Temps are hotter and you save fuel.
For my BB I have used both. Kingsford Blue is cheaper when the sales hit the box stores, but this off season I have been honing my skills with Lump. Cleaner burn in my opnion and it gets a cleaner smoke a lot faster when using lump. Royal oak is the way to go.
Good Luck!! Seems like you have been waiting for EVER!!!
Good Luck!! Seems like you have been waiting for EVER!!!
Thx dude! I procrastinated a lot and finally placed the order the end of Nov so it hasn't been too bad. I can't wait for it to get here!
Thx dude! I procrastinated a lot and finally placed the order the end of Nov so it hasn't been too bad. I can't wait for it to get here!
When I first got my 270 I used KBB, then one day I tried lump and haven't looked back since.
Thx dude! I procrastinated a lot and finally placed the order the end of Nov so it hasn't been too bad. I can't wait for it to get here!
GreenDrake
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After running several test batches in my Pint,I found that using lump will take just a bit more work, in particular using a little charcoal hammer to bust up the larger hunks of lump to get a more uniform size, but I prefer the burn time, lack of ash and flavor when I use lump. If I am using charcoal briquette, I am really loving the Kingsford Applewood stuff quite a bit.
