Hi,
I have a Masterbuilt 330G gas vertical and have been having the usual problems of keeping the wood chips going for a steady stream of smoke. Being an automatic temperature regulating unit, when demanding heat have nice flame and usually good smoke, but once at set temp and flame dies down so does the smoke output. So like others I've switched to a pan directly on the diffuser, which helps some.
So I thought I would accent the chip burn with a couple of charcoal briquettes in the pan to help stabilize the smoulder/smoke output. But reading the back of multiple bags of briquettes they all say "Do not use in water smoker" .
So what gives, why can't you use briquettes in a water smoker?
I have a Masterbuilt 330G gas vertical and have been having the usual problems of keeping the wood chips going for a steady stream of smoke. Being an automatic temperature regulating unit, when demanding heat have nice flame and usually good smoke, but once at set temp and flame dies down so does the smoke output. So like others I've switched to a pan directly on the diffuser, which helps some.
So I thought I would accent the chip burn with a couple of charcoal briquettes in the pan to help stabilize the smoulder/smoke output. But reading the back of multiple bags of briquettes they all say "Do not use in water smoker" .
So what gives, why can't you use briquettes in a water smoker?