I have a 18" WSM. I'm trying to avoid the very heavy smoke at the beginning of the process. I live in an apartment complex that doesn't really allow me to smoke on my 2nd story balcony. Any ideas? I could bring it downstairs in the common area then when it dies down move it up to my balcony...
I understand this. So your saying by allowing an hour or so I am allowing those completely unlit cold coals to be preheated so when they are actually ignited that funky white smoke wont be there?
My target temp is 225-250. I'm using kingsford blue. I think next time I will take my Time putting the meat on. Usually by the time I dump the chimney it's less then 5 minutes till meat is on. I'm going to wait a little longer lock in my temp and make sure I have a good smoke then add meat.
So the other day I did a butt which was really good. I then tried my hand at some ribs and a turkey breast. They both were just 'okay'...nothing special. I wasn't particullary fond of the bitter taste. Now, I've searched the forum a decent amount and saw the white smoke causes this. Should...