What smoker settings?

[Owtlaw]

Hello, I'm new here. I just bought a Campchef Woodwind WIFI. I'm still trying to familiarize myself with it. Will a setting of High Smoke produce more smoke than the smoker set at 225 and a smoke setting of 10?

 

[Coreymacc]

I have a camp chef also and what I have noticed is the hi smoke and 225 setting gives you about the same amount of smoke. I did notice the brand of pellet seems to yield different amounts also. Mine likes Campchef and Treager the most, lots of smoke, Pitboss give almost nothing.

Hope that helps
Corey

 

[1MoreFord]

I'm a new Camp Chef owner too and I can't get a good answer about the smoke settings from Camp Chef.

One customer service rep agreed with the way I understand the owners manual and another didn't. One customer service rep told me the high and low smoke settings produced the most smoke. That's the way I read the manual. Another told me that it's just a couple presets and using around the same temps as these settings and a smoke setting of 10 will produce the most smoke. Mine definitely smokes more using 225° and smoke setting 10 than it does on High Smoke. Similarly with Low Smoke. But even then I don't get what I call adequate smoke.

CC sent me a new air temp probe. I've changed it and that seems to have helped some with temp swings but still not enough smoke.

So far I've used B&B Pecan and Hickory pellets and Camp Chef Hickory pellets and I'm not a happy camper WRT to smoke flavor yet.

They've also sent me a new controller. I have to find the time and energy to change it and try again. I hope that works. I don't want to be stuck with an outdoor oven. I bought a Camp Chef for the features you don't see on other pellet grills.

 

[Coreymacc]

One other tip, if you are new to pellet smokers. Learned this the hard way. Keep the chimney clean and clear all the time. I had been cleaning my grill religiously but kept forgetting the chimney. One cook I came out to find the pellet hopper billowing smoking and on the verge of fire. The chimney vents had creosoted off and were plugged. No air flow.

Cheer
Corey