Recent content by Kevin James

Believe me, I do so much experimenting I feel like that's all I do LOL

I'm now convinced the Western brand wood is the problem. I literally can't even smell that hickory smell at all, all I smell is burning charcoal. I did a test today just for the heck of it and took a torch to a single chunk to see if I could smell anything and nope.... nothing at all. I know...

Thanks for the info everyone, I'll look into smokinlicious and fruita. If anyone has any other recommendations please let me know! Oh... and Bobj, Tim K is correct, the chunks are just for the smoke flavor, not the primary fuel for heat.

Hi all, new WSM 22.5 owner here. I've had my WSM for about 2 months and loving it so far. I've used it every weekend since I got it. The one issue I'm having is I'm not getting enough smoke flavor. My wood of choice is hickory, and I'm using about 4 fist size chunks per smoke session. I've found...