My first smoke and it was thighs

[Jason_Mac]

I smoked chicken thighs for my first attempt and it was so-so. I used pecan and only added about 1/2 cup. It literally smoked the entire three hours it cooked on that on tiny bit. I was thinking it would smoke for about 1 hour only. The smoke on the meat was pretty strong. Did it smoke so long because of the wood type or just too much?

 

[pineywoods]

Both can do that but pecan usually doesn't so I would guess to much. Remember your looking for TBS (thin blue smoke) or just the smell of the wood burning. If you can smell it so can what your smoking

 

[illini40]

Congrats on getting your first smoke in.

What type of cooker were you smoking on? What temps were you running at?

 

[Jason_Mac]

I was using a Masterbuilt electric 30". I was smoking at 225.