Its good to run at least 4hrs with wood to smoke ,soaked for 1 hr of course, get good smokie roll going brown er up a tad, gett all the innards good and hot to clean all of the new out of it..Good luck and keep a smokin
Today is a good day for doing that for sure....And allso spray down the insides witk some olive oil , or some pam to make a god krustty start inside the smoker, I wouldint put racks in till after3 hrs of burn just to warm them up is all..