i just recently got a vertical dual fuel masterbuilt smoker. I got it all assembled and have followed the seasoning process according to the manuel.
I also did some dry runs to test and get a feel for the temperature adjustments. So far i'm very happy with this smoker.
With ambient air temps outside of -1c on high i can get it upto about 450F. I know I"ll never cook at that heat but I just needed to know what max setting would put out. All the way turned down on low I was able to get consistent temps down to 180F.
No hear comes my problem. I was using some native Maple chunks I had cut up myself. I'm also using a 8" cast iron pan ontop of the woodchip tray as recommended by many on here. My problem is that I can get the wook in the pan smoking if i bring temps up to 250+ when I run it real low which I do plan on for jerky making. I just can't seem to get any smoke out of it. The wood chunks just don't heat up enough to start burning in the pan.
Any recommendations. I am fairly new to smoking. Just started last year with a ECB that I've got rid of and now have my vertical gasser.
Thanks for reading my wall of text :)
I also did some dry runs to test and get a feel for the temperature adjustments. So far i'm very happy with this smoker.
With ambient air temps outside of -1c on high i can get it upto about 450F. I know I"ll never cook at that heat but I just needed to know what max setting would put out. All the way turned down on low I was able to get consistent temps down to 180F.
No hear comes my problem. I was using some native Maple chunks I had cut up myself. I'm also using a 8" cast iron pan ontop of the woodchip tray as recommended by many on here. My problem is that I can get the wook in the pan smoking if i bring temps up to 250+ when I run it real low which I do plan on for jerky making. I just can't seem to get any smoke out of it. The wood chunks just don't heat up enough to start burning in the pan.
Any recommendations. I am fairly new to smoking. Just started last year with a ECB that I've got rid of and now have my vertical gasser.
Thanks for reading my wall of text :)
