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    Third Pork Butt and No Smoke flavor.

    I have done three pork shoulders my first was bitter, and took the advise of the forum and have not had any more bitter flavor. The last two smokes have not had any smoke flavor. The second cook I used KBB with maple, and the third I used Royal Oak red lump with western products maple and...
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    First Chicken.

    Meat was tender and juicy. Thought the rub was good the legs and thighs had good smoke flavor but the breast. Skin probably needed the broiler but it was not that bad. 4 out of 5 liked the chicken so a tweak here and there will be all good. Thanks for the tips and suggestions.
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    First Chicken.

    Dry water pan. One bottom vent fully open, one half open on closed, top open did learn i need new thermometers. Use three the dome one in the chamber and one in the chicken. Dome read 320 but chamber never got above 300.
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    First Chicken.

    I have a WSM 14.5.
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    First Chicken.

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    First Chicken.

    First smoked chicken. Not sure if i need more heat or not there was alot of fat left under the skin. Tried to mainain temp at 300 degrees but was unable to maitaine the temp. Flavor was good, kids loved it wife said the rub and smoke did not compliement each other. Seems like the dark meat had...
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    New Smoker and New to Smoking.

    Thank you for the responses.
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    New Smoker and New to Smoking.

    I ran it for six hours with hoy coals and smoke wood chunks. I brought it up to 300 degrees and then got it back to 250 once at 250 I threw in some wood chunks for a few hours. Then I started playing with the vents raising an lowering the heat. When it was all done the smoker appeared to have...
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    New Smoker and New to Smoking.

    I did have a lot of smoke at first then again after I put in more coals.  I used the minion method for the coals at first.  then just replenished the coals 6 hours later.  It was the very first smoke on the WSM not sure if that has anything to do with keeping heat control and slowing down the...
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    New Smoker and New to Smoking.

    Wife bought me a new WSM 14.5, and we put I through it first smoke on Labor day.  We did a pork shoulder, with KBB and maple, and the WSM maintained heat for about 6 hours running at 240.  Everything came out fine, but it had a slight bitter taste.  I have been looking on the site and found that...
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    New to Smoking

    Hello from Mississippi joined because I am interested in learning to use and build a smoker already have learn a lot from browsing the forums.
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