OK, I'm a little confused...

Steve Nellett said:

After doing some research here, I found a couple things I can't seem to find an answer to. 

First off, I have the el cheapo electric brinkman smoker.  I have seen several references to the Amazen smoke generators here in various threads, but I'm not sure if one would work in my smoker.  I can't imagine setting it directly on the heating element or on a few lava rocks is a good idea.  What have others done in this situation?  You would not set it on the lava or near any heat source.  You light the dust/pellets directly to generate your smoke; this will not provide much heat, if any.  Your element just provides heat for cooking in that situation.  If you're not cooking (say smoking cheese, for example), you would not turn on your element.

Secondly, in reading about the smoke generators, I saw a few mentions to filling them with sea salt.  What is the purpose behind this?  I can't imagine the salt takes on any smoke flavor, does it?  I have not heard of filling a smoke generator with sea salt; however, I believe some folks do smoke salt for flavor...

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