Stick Burner Nube

booplesmoke

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Hi guys, it's been a while since I've been on here. I am a Big Green Egg owner so burn barrels are new.

I traded my old Traeger for an off-set smoker. I have read the advantages of a burn barrel but don't have 

one at this time. I don't want to mix charcoal and wood. I'd really like to just use hot wood coals. Are there

any suggestions? Can I just use a regular fire pit and pull the coals from there??? Thanks in advance,

you guys are the best :)!!!

 

motolife313

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Yes that would work. U could also try adding thin splits into ur smoker,

 

booplesmoke

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motolife313 said:

Yes that would work. U could also try adding thin splits into ur smoker,

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As in just using thin splits to get it started and adding bigger pieces later? I've read it's good to burn off all of the bad stuff which is why coals are best for the most pure flavor. What are your thoughts on that? Thanks for the response :)

 

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I had a burn barrel that I used for my offsets. Used it maybe a half dozen times and then went back to just burning sticks in my firebox. You will go through twice the wood using a burn barrel and seeing as how I didn't have a unlimited free supply I couldn't justify it. Truthfully I couldn't tell one lick of difference from burning in a burn barrel and just using the coals or just burning sticks directly in my firebox.

But it is the way the real purists do it that's for sure!

 

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booplesmoke

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3montes said:

 
I had a burn barrel that I used for my offsets. Used it maybe a half dozen times and then went back to just burning sticks in my firebox. You will go through twice the wood using a burn barrel and seeing as how I didn't have a unlimited free supply I couldn't justify it. Truthfully I couldn't tell one lick of difference from burning in a burn barrel and just using the coals or just burning sticks directly in my firebox.

But it is the way the real purists do it that's for sure!

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Thank you. I don't have an unlimited supply either. If you can't tell the difference, then burning sticks sounds good to me 

Thank you again for the info :) pointsss

 

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congrats on the stickburner welcome to the club!  idk ive never used a burn box  i just burn straight splits  of wood in mine if you look at bbq  joints  in Texas like la barbecue  that use  offset stick burners   they  dont use burn barrels  they  just  burn splits in the fireboxes  

 

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sauced

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cksteele said:

 
congrats on the stickburner welcome to the club!  idk ive never used a burn box  i just burn straight splits  of wood in mine if you look at bbq  joints  in Texas like la barbecue  that use  offset stick burners   they  dont use burn barrels  they  just  burn splits in the fireboxes  

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Same here.....no burn barrel, just add the wood directly into the fire box, great results, the family loves it.

 

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I agree with the rest of the guys.

I just add splits to the firebox as needed.

Al

 

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Thanks for the help guys!!!