Apple pellets giving only white smoke

[splash1]

I purchased a large volume of apple pellets a couple of years ago and store them out in my waterproof shed.

When I burn the pellets in either a cold smoke or throwing them on hot coals all I get is white smoke, never that nice blue smoke.

Any suggestions on what is going wrong?  I have no clue.

Thanks 

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Well there could be a couple things going on.

Even though your shed is waterproof unless it's heated and there is no temperature change moisture will form. It doesn't take much of a temperature swing to form condensation from heating to cooling. Try microwaving them for a few minutes to dry them out. You'll see the moisture in the plate or whatever you put the pellets on.

When throwing them directly
On the fire you will get white smoke. It snuffs the fire and by the time the pellets combust it's too hot and they burn up.

Not knowing how you cold smoke, I can't help. I can say that the smoke generators from A-Maze-N products work great for burning the pellets at the proper rate for cold smoking.

 

[splash1]

Thanks Sailor,  I will try the microwave and stop throwing them on the fire which I do when I'm grilling chicken etc.   I do use the A-Maze-N products for cold smoking and it's sounds like moisture is the problem there.

Good info!