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  1. siletzspey

    Wood sub-variety differences, sweet/sour/flowing cherry, red/white/post oak

    Curious question... From a wood-chunk smoke-flavor perspective, is there much of a difference between say a Sweet Cherry vs Sour Cherry vs Flowering Cherry? Ditto say a Red Oak vs White Oak vs Post Oak? And the list goes on. Oak: Red, White, Post, English (ornamental), ... Cherry: Sweet, Sour...
  2. siletzspey

    WSM top and bottom grate heat direction, fat side up/down

    Assuming one wants to put a brisket's fat side towards the heat, the preponderance of opinion suggests the heat direction for the upper WSM grate is from the bottom, but for the lower WSM grate just over the pan of water, does the heat still come from the bottom, or does the heat come up and...
  3. siletzspey

    Blue smoke vs smoldering

    Hi All, It's been years since I last did a brisket on my WSM, and this time I tried to focus on smoke quality. While watching some of the newer YouTube video about producing good smoke, I was led to believe offset smokers can reliably produce the most desirable clear "blue smoke", but that...
  4. siletzspey

    Charcoal briquette remains, what to do with 'em

    When I'm done smoking some meat in my WSM, I shut the vents, and a day later I see the briquette remains. Question is - should I toss everything, or high-grade out the few remaining big pieces, or just dump new briquettes on top the remains? Mostly I worry about temperature consistency if I...
  5. siletzspey

    Grate cleaning pan

    Maybe you all know about this... After banging up a bath tub and kitchen sink trying to clean some WSM 22.5 grates, I spent ~$14 on a thick plastic "water heater drain pan", and a plug for the drain outlet. Though the 24" ID (inner diameter) pan would be big enough, I got the 26" ID  28" OD...
  6. siletzspey

    3rd set of briskets, 2nd WSM try, 1st rub shootout, nth wine and coffee

    My family helped ace off the last set of briskets, so I nabbed two $1.88/lib briskets at Cash-n-Carry in Eugene, OR. Besides being my first over-night smoke, and the Maverick wireless thermometer with min/max alarms worked great, my wife and I also want to contrast 2 rubs that came from the web...
  7. siletzspey

    Rookie Q-View for new WSM and 2nd brisket

    Being new to the forum, I understand I'll be kicked out unless I post some pictures. OK, here it goes, with bloopers included... Back in April I bought a Luhr Jensen Big Chief smoker, and besides great smoked salmon and beef jerky, I smoked my first packer brisket. Because the electric Luhr...
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