New to pellet smoking!

[tms1374]

Hey y'all, thanks for all advice in advance! I'm new to the owlet world, and my first cook wasn't so great. Has any one experienced chicken finishing with a moldy taste? It sounds odd but the flavor started good, but finished w a mold aftertaste. I followed the directions and pre burned the smoker. Cooked for 1.75 hours on 250. I used lumberjack competition pellets, on a green mountain smoker. Am I the only one who's had this happen??

 

[gary s]

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[submariner]

Welcome to the Forum and pellet smoking.  I cook chickens all the time on my Traeger but have never had a moldy taste.  I usually low temp smoke my chickens (225) for a 1/2 hour or so then crank the temp up to 425 to get the breast temp up to 160.   This high temp gets the skin crispy also.   I end up with a nice chicken with a little smoky flavor. I have never used Lumberjack pellets so not sure on that.