Newbie, please help!!!

etbass75

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• Feb 28, 2017

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I am completely new to smoking I bought and Oklahoma Joe's Highlander I got it home I smoked a ham and a pork loin when I got them off of the smoker all of the meat had a metal taste to it. I tried to smoke some meat a few months ago in a trash can smoker that I built and I got the same scenario so obviously I'm doing something wrong can somebody inform me of what it is?

 

SmokinAl

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• Feb 28, 2017

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The taste you describe could be creosote, it is caused by heavy white smoke.

You want thin almost invisible smoke most of the time.

Al

 

sonofasmoker

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• Feb 28, 2017

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What Al said - What kind of fuel are you using? Charcoal only? Charcoal/Wood Sticks? Wood Chips?

 

etbass75

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Could this be from using fresh cut hickory and not seasoned? Fresh cut hickory is all I had.

 

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etbass75 said:

Could this be from using fresh cut hickory and not seasoned? Fresh cut hickory is all I had.

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Yes that could definitely be the cause.

Al