I have an electric smoker. When is the best time to use wood chips and when to use wood chucks?
Neither!
The best thing to use in an Electric Smoker is an AMNPS (Tray), with Pellets or Dust.
Get up to 11 straight hours of perfect smoke without reloading or touching it.
With that & a Digital Wireless Therm, in an Electric Smoker, it's set it & you're good to go.
Bear
Assuming there is room for the AMNPS. What if the OP has say a little chief ?
It’s home made. A converted old Westinghouse refrigerator. I place the tray for the chips on a rack that’s on the element.I have an electric smoker. When is the best time to use wood chips and when to use wood chucks?
You are correctI believe that would be a repurposed Refrigerator, with all kinds of room.
Bear