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    Trouble smoking with charcoal grill

    I just thought I'd follow up again on this post to tie up the loose ends in case anybody else with a Judge (or any other charcoal grill) is having some trouble. I'm almost 4 hours into a pork shoulder. Not gonna go into the details of that because this post is about the temperature control. I...
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    Mango wood for smoking?

    Same up until now I've mainly used mostly charcoal and i'll take a dry branch that fell off the tree, peel the bark, and put it on there.
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    Mango wood for smoking?

    Yeah I don't think anybody would ever have enough to do a full smoke using it. Mango trees are super productive and live long, there aren't enough of them being cut down to justify it. How would you describe the taste? I'm having a tough time thinking of the words.
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    Trouble smoking with charcoal grill

    It was a while ago so I don't exactly remember but I think they were all the way open. I'll figure it out for sure. Just need to keep trying different things.
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    Trouble smoking with charcoal grill

    I tried with 2 and 2 with 4 lit coals on one end first, the temps didn't pass 180. It seemed like it wasn't going to burn hot enough. Maybe I just didn't have enough patience.
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    Trouble smoking with charcoal grill

    Something happened where it quoted a reply to myself instead of editing my original message.
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    Trouble smoking with charcoal grill

    So the other day I did a practice burn on the Judge without any food just to take notes on how the fire behaves when I do different things. I made a pile of briquettes that was about 4 on the bottom and 3 on top of that, running from the back of the grill to the front, along the side closest to...
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    Mango wood for smoking?

    I don't know why this happened I went to edit the original comment and it did this.
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    Mango wood for smoking?

    So just to follow up about this, I had a dried up branch that fell on the ground two days ago. I was messing with my grill so I decided to throw it on there and cook some chicken tenders that I had left over from the chicken breasts I had prepped for dinner. The smoke was a little bit irritating...
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    Trouble smoking with charcoal grill

    I bought the gasket already I just haven't applied it yet. I want to try some other things first before I do.
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    Trouble smoking with charcoal grill

    The issue isn't being at 275. The issue is that's the lowest I could get it after fighting with it and constantly having to be taking out coals. I usually don't mind getting up to 300 but that day I was doing a turkey breast and since I was cooking to 155 I didn't want to cook too fast so it...
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    Trouble smoking with charcoal grill

    It's definitely a grill. I was thinking of buying a cheap offset smoker but I decided I liked the Judge better even though it's a grill, because I do also grill a lot and I like the adjustable charcoal grate. I figured I could treat it the same way as I do my Weber kettle.
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    Trouble smoking with charcoal grill

    I've had no time to actually try what was suggestion, all I've been able to do is ruminate on this. Some other things occurred to me and I'm not sure if they're relevant or not. On my Weber, I don't start with lit coals. I arrange the coals and then light one end with a tumbleweed, and it comes...
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    Hello from Miami, Florida

    I love my kettle. I just wish I could fit three racks of ribs on it like I can fit on my Judge.
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    Trouble smoking with charcoal grill

    Thanks for the explanation. I'm not confused but I do have a question. Would opening the exhaust fully cause the coals to light faster and burn hotter? The wood chunks are also a thing I'm thinking about now. I never thought about them when smoking in my kettle, I'd just throw them in and let...
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