Good afternoon everyone,
I'm a newbie with smoky mountain so please bear with me. I have a couple of questions after my first (mostly successful) smoke:
- adding coal
- adding water
So, it turns out that I didn't add enough coals at the start. The temperature was in the low 40s and my 6lb pork shoulder required nearly 12 hours and towards the 9th hour, the temperature
started dropping sub 200f. I started another bunch of coals with the chimney at which point I opened the side door and dumped the new bunch of coals in. It worked fine except it generated a bunch
of ash that covered my meat -- no worries I still ate it and it was good. I gather that this is not the right way to do this?
Secondly, after the smoke was done I noticed that the water was completely gone from the bowl. How do add water to it throughout the process?
Thanks in advance!!
I'm a newbie with smoky mountain so please bear with me. I have a couple of questions after my first (mostly successful) smoke:
- adding coal
- adding water
So, it turns out that I didn't add enough coals at the start. The temperature was in the low 40s and my 6lb pork shoulder required nearly 12 hours and towards the 9th hour, the temperature
started dropping sub 200f. I started another bunch of coals with the chimney at which point I opened the side door and dumped the new bunch of coals in. It worked fine except it generated a bunch
of ash that covered my meat -- no worries I still ate it and it was good. I gather that this is not the right way to do this?
Secondly, after the smoke was done I noticed that the water was completely gone from the bowl. How do add water to it throughout the process?
Thanks in advance!!