- May 15, 2017
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So i am new to smoking, and I bought a dyna-glo offset vertical smoker. first time i used it i used a combination of charcoal and wood chips and the pork shoulder and flat brisket came out great. next talking to a coworker who bought the same smoker, he used all wood. so I decided to try it out. I started with charcoal as a base and starter, got temp up and put on my ribs and one hickory mini log, first two hours were good, steady temp and good smoke, but when it was time to feed the fire to get the temp back up I put more wood in and when the logs started to burn the flames started to go into the main chamber, and got the temp up way too high, 350, 375. my main question is am I supposed to have flames inside the firebox ever or just smoldering wood. cause I had a really hard time with just adding wood to keep the cooking going.