Hi All,
I have been smoking for a few years. Everything I do is quick. I know that doesn't make sense in the smoking world but I mostly smoke Jerky and it only needs to be there a short time to get the flavor.
I watch a lot of cooking shows and you tube videos about smoking and the one thing I learned is that you don't want actual flames in the firebox. You want glowing coals. That is correct right? I see people build a fire and then when the flames are gone and there are just ambers glowing they start to smoke. So if you get the wood and charcoal ambers glowing in the fire box, how do you keep adding to the firebox if you have say going to need to 8 hours? I'm sure the inital fire will go out and if I add wood or coals during the smoke the wood will flare up and raise the temp as well.
As always, all help and comments are appreciated.
Thanks,
Rob
I have been smoking for a few years. Everything I do is quick. I know that doesn't make sense in the smoking world but I mostly smoke Jerky and it only needs to be there a short time to get the flavor.
I watch a lot of cooking shows and you tube videos about smoking and the one thing I learned is that you don't want actual flames in the firebox. You want glowing coals. That is correct right? I see people build a fire and then when the flames are gone and there are just ambers glowing they start to smoke. So if you get the wood and charcoal ambers glowing in the fire box, how do you keep adding to the firebox if you have say going to need to 8 hours? I'm sure the inital fire will go out and if I add wood or coals during the smoke the wood will flare up and raise the temp as well.
As always, all help and comments are appreciated.
Thanks,
Rob