Playing with the new Yoder today.
I started it up and got it to 225 on lump charcoal.
After temp stabilized I added a pecan split and got strong white smoke when it ignited. I expected this and just let it burn through it. I then had good looking, barely visible smoke. An hour or so later the temp started to drop and my coal bead was burning away, time to add more wood
I had 3 Apple chunks that together were about the same area or a bit smaller then a split so I added them. As they ignited I got strong white smoke again. This concerned me because I want my smoke to be blue .. but it makes sense that freshly ignited wood will smoke.
My first thought was to close the air to smother the fire and have the wood smolder. That did not work white smoke actually got worse. I opened the air up to have the fire burn hotter and that cleared it up a bit, but was still more white than I wanted.
What should I expect when adding a split after the cook has started? Should I open the air up to burn it down faster?
I started it up and got it to 225 on lump charcoal.
After temp stabilized I added a pecan split and got strong white smoke when it ignited. I expected this and just let it burn through it. I then had good looking, barely visible smoke. An hour or so later the temp started to drop and my coal bead was burning away, time to add more wood
I had 3 Apple chunks that together were about the same area or a bit smaller then a split so I added them. As they ignited I got strong white smoke again. This concerned me because I want my smoke to be blue .. but it makes sense that freshly ignited wood will smoke.
My first thought was to close the air to smother the fire and have the wood smolder. That did not work white smoke actually got worse. I opened the air up to have the fire burn hotter and that cleared it up a bit, but was still more white than I wanted.
What should I expect when adding a split after the cook has started? Should I open the air up to burn it down faster?
