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Well I came on here tonight to give an update on my progress. I always thought my wood splits had too much moister in the middle of them after splitting, although i was not aware the size was too big as well. The past two days I have did test runs for about 4 hours each day. Yesterday I took my...

Hey SmokinEdge, I have read that from a few sites as well, where the wood is 8-12% MC it will burn fast and produce less smoke flavor. Well, that did cross my mind a few times that it may be more than 25%. Here is the moister meter I am using...

LOL, man I tell you I was bad when I got my pellet smoker, but like you and others have said, don't get too wound up with it if it's not a huge swing. I have learned to not sweat it anymore :) Kevin

Hey Doug, The wood does have cracks appearing on ends, but I still think they are a little heavy. I tried this evening with the problematic wood and it was a fail. If I try tomorrow with my well seasoned wood, only thing I would do is try to tune my temps because everything goes pretty much as...

Hey Joe, I decided to try the oak another time this evening after I watched this video. I thought maybe putting small chunks/splits like this guy did in the video might spark the oak to catch flame and stay lit. LOL, I was wrong haha. Are you saying I can either kiln dry some pieces, let...

Ok update on the fire management, even though I have not tried all the suggestions, just have not had enough time today. Update 1. - throw down a small amount of unlit lump charcoal on bottom of pit. - light lump charcoal in chimney and then dump it on top of unlit coals. - Added 1 split of 9"...

Man Doug, that is the saying around here! LOL

Well that is not good, but as you probably know here in eastern KY, it could change pretty quick, so here is hoping it does for you Doug!

Yeah Doug, some rain would be nice! Seems like here lately we go with rain for an extended period or it's 90+ and sunny for several weeks. Hopefully you get done rain up your way soon! Kevin

Lol, autocorrect jumped in. It was supposed to be moister read 24.9

You know, I wonder if i should have checked them after I pre heated them if it would get an accurate reading . The first 2 oak splits I put them in my charcoal grill after I grilled the other night to try and dry out some lol. Yes, it's been humid and hot here for several weeks and then the...

I'm on cell phone e so my responses are short. The monster read 24.9 on the one I split to get in the middle

Ty Doug, I see you are in Richmond, I'm in williamsburg:) That is about the size I am using. Only difference is my hickory that size is 9-12 moisture content while oak is 22-25 percent.

Ty, I've watched that video a few times. I did find that one of the better ones.

Makes sense!!

Hey BigW The charcoal box is about 3" I think off the center of the bottom of the firebox.

Never thought about the stack being a problem. I will not be home for the weekend so it will be next week before I can actually do more test runs, but I will give this a try and see what the results are. I have thought about building a grate instead of using the charcoal box. TY! Kevin

Hey Joe, I'll do that when I get home and get a measurement. I can say this, I have tried several pieces of the oak I just received, and even though the guy said it was seasoned and been air dried for over a year, I have not been able to get that fresh log to flame up and stay flamed up. My...

Hey Keith, Yes, those splits are way too big. 16" in length and 4" or bigger in width. I am splitting those to where they are 2-3" thick, trying to get the 2" more and about 10-11" in length. Moister meter shows on ends and fresh split between 18-25%. I still cannot get those to keep a flame...

When I first got my pellet smoker I did worry about certain temps for sure, but since then as long as I am in 200-275 for the pork I am good. You are correct on those YT videos, one reason I came here to ask for advice :) as there were probably 2-3 out of many I have watched that actually...