Can't find wood chunks but good hickory, apple, mesquite and alder wood chips. To soak or not to soak; smoker box or no smoker box?

I wouldn't bother soaking them.

But I would use a smoker box or a wad them up in a ball of foil.

When the smoke stops, toss in another ball.

Dont bother with the soaking... I would also conitnue looking for chunks....

Foil pouch with a couple holes in it, will do the trick.

color me stupid, but whats a smoker box?

You could also layer your chips in/with your coals. Someone mentioned that on here and I tried it.
Works well and gives you a consistent amount of smoke throughout your burn.
HTH

Tim

Thanks for all of the advice! I've tried layering the chips before but it seemed to flame out too quickly. Wonder if I did it correctly. I think I'll try dry chips in a smoker box for some smoked salmon this weekend.

Any decent hardware store or grocery store should carry wood chunks...

They've got chunks from different companies on Amazon, and shipping is cheap if you've got Amazon Prime...