I'm back. Today I put on a 4-5 lb. chicken to smoke. I brined it for four hours and put it in my Smoke Vault propane smoker. It has a nice cast iron wood chip pan right above the burner. So I load it up like I do most times I smoke (this is my 5th smoke, so needless to say, I'm still totally clueless!) Anyway, I put my chips in there (dry -- I switched from wet after someone here told me they don't need to be wet.)
So, here's the problem. it smokes really good for about 30-45 minutes then it starts to dribble smoke out -- just a little bit here and there.. I just checked my chicken after 2 hours. The heat is maintaining good at 225-230 but my wood chip pan still full of un-burned wood. I don't think I'm overloading it because I've used less chips in the past and still had the same problem. There's no ashes piled up. I'm using pecan and hickory.
Any thoughts or suggestions how I can keep the smoke smokin???
Smokin' J
aka Jill
"Smoke Vault" Propane Smoker -- just enough to keep me in trouble/
So, here's the problem. it smokes really good for about 30-45 minutes then it starts to dribble smoke out -- just a little bit here and there.. I just checked my chicken after 2 hours. The heat is maintaining good at 225-230 but my wood chip pan still full of un-burned wood. I don't think I'm overloading it because I've used less chips in the past and still had the same problem. There's no ashes piled up. I'm using pecan and hickory.
Any thoughts or suggestions how I can keep the smoke smokin???
Smokin' J
aka Jill
"Smoke Vault" Propane Smoker -- just enough to keep me in trouble/