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...bought a bag of bear mountain wood pellets before doing research and finding out wood chips are preferred in this type smoker. Should I take the pellets back and get chips or am I good to use the pellets? I've read that to use pellets I should get a pellettube attachment, is that really needed?
Those ribs look so good...I'm hungry.
I run a large or a small smoke tube depending on the length of the cook. For ribs I run a short tube. Too much smoke on cold/cool meat can get bitter. Too much smoke at the end of the cook can get bitter.
Amazon sells various smoke tube knock offs...as...
I went from burning wood to cook to using a pellet machine. it is different. Nothing tastes like wood coals, even though pellets turn into wood coals. It's not just smoke, it's a whole different profile.
I get enough smoke. I use a tube if I want to hit something for 2-3 hours (like burnt...
Fairly new to smoking. Had to give up motorcycles, long distance hiking, and welding due to a heart condition so I figured if I was gonna be pudgy I might as well eat good. I drug out a Brinkmann Electric that belonged to my dad that had never been used, found a rub recipe and a blog about...
only pellets ive tried were in a tube on my gas grill so i cant say on a fancy pellet grill/smoker. i like wood chunks. pile of coals in same chamber as meat my go to. less fuel less adjustments.
maybe you could rent or barrow one for a weekend and see how you like the end results before...
This is what I did using a pellettube on the grill before getting my gravity feed.
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/my-try-at-smoking-and-spinning-a-duck.312839/
Been running a Austin LX for over 7 years, I have never over smoked anything with it, I run a smoke tube most times, Might as well start in the oven if 2 hours is all the smoke ya like lol. spritzing every 30 minutes or so helps, on a stick burner or other charcoal fired units you really slow...
...my charcoal in a chimney with a few balled-up, used cooking oil slightly soaked paper towels. maybe i could do something like that in the first few inches of pellets.
everything i saw on youtube was big torches and one guy even doused his pellettube with lighter fluid.
thanks for any help.
I don't know what you are expecting.
I have a cheapo pellet pooper and if I can keep the temps under 300° It will put some smoke flavor on what I'm cooking.
When I need it to act as more of a smoker I do as @normanaj suggests and use a pellettube.
Still not as good as a dedicated smoker.
I have built and used a lot of pellet cookers and for this to work I think you would need a much longer auger tube to burn pot. You would likely need to have these enter into CC on lower back and sit the chamber into 3rds with burn pots under each line with diffuser plate. You could easily turn...
It's a pellet grill,it was never going to produce much smoke flavor.
Try starting your cooks at lower temps and bump the temp up over time,lower temps produce more smoke.You can also add something like an A-maze-n smoke tube which will give much more smoke.
...started, some folks with a pellet will smoke at your temp for an hour or two. Then move it up to 275. I'd do 275 the whole time with a pellettube for extra smoke. I also like to put the meat in an alum pan after a while to catch the dripping. You can foil it once the meat hits 165 or so...
...also depends on the style of smoker you have. I felt that the Masterbuilt electric I had never gave me enough smoke flavor even using a pellettube. I have had smoked meat from a wood only smoker that was very good. My charcoal smoker I have gives the widest range of smoke profile I have...
I'm doing the opposite here. I'm going from pellet grill to offset because I think it'll be more fun to be more involved. No good excuse to sit there and drink a beer if I don't have to be outside since it's so hot (Florida), so right now I sit inside and stare out the window at my pellet grill...
lol thanks lcb! I hunted lots of duck as a kid but most them went to the smoke house or braised…. The pan seared mid rare wasn’t a thing….
Yea the Muscovy is the real deal too. I learned the low and slow from Geoffrey Zakarian (Michelin Star, Iron Chef, chopped) he specifically calls out that...
Pellet grills are better grills than they are smokers. The fire is constantly forged with forced air making them burn very clean and efficient. This becomes a problem generally for pellet grills making smoke. Some have a “smoke” setting down on the low end and others just start temp somewhere...
I bought the Green Mountain pellet grill 5 years ago. I don't get the flavor that I got using the
Masterbuilt electric smoker, but it sure makes it easy for long cooks. It is a perfect smoker for
salmon. Over 40 pork butts have been through the GVG. Excellent results with the pellet grill
and a...
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