I have a PBC but basically my question would apply to any cooker where the meat drippings go into the coals.
The question is do you still get thin blue smoke or will you get more of a whiteish smoke due to the drippings hitting the coals?
I cooked 2 butts in the PBC for the first time this weekend. I seemed to get a thicker smoke than I'm use to seeing when I smoke on the weber kettle. I'm trying to figure out why. I smoked a rack of ribs on it and didnt notice this but one rack of ribs isn't gonna put out as much drippings as 2 butts. I may not have gotten the coals hot enough in the chimney before dumping on the unlit coals in the basket, or maybe I put too much wood in the basket (although I only had 5 smaller chunks). Or is it from the drippings?
I also noticed a few spots on the meat where I thought it may have had a slightly bitter over smoked taste on the outter edge...basically the bark. But smoked food always tastes better the next day to me if I cook it for some reason, so that taste I thought I was getting could have just been from that.
Tell me your thoughts. ...
Thanks for the inputs in advance. .....
The question is do you still get thin blue smoke or will you get more of a whiteish smoke due to the drippings hitting the coals?
I cooked 2 butts in the PBC for the first time this weekend. I seemed to get a thicker smoke than I'm use to seeing when I smoke on the weber kettle. I'm trying to figure out why. I smoked a rack of ribs on it and didnt notice this but one rack of ribs isn't gonna put out as much drippings as 2 butts. I may not have gotten the coals hot enough in the chimney before dumping on the unlit coals in the basket, or maybe I put too much wood in the basket (although I only had 5 smaller chunks). Or is it from the drippings?
I also noticed a few spots on the meat where I thought it may have had a slightly bitter over smoked taste on the outter edge...basically the bark. But smoked food always tastes better the next day to me if I cook it for some reason, so that taste I thought I was getting could have just been from that.
Tell me your thoughts. ...
Thanks for the inputs in advance. .....